TOWER


Meaning of TOWER in English

I.

noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ high , high-rise ( BrE ), lofty ( literary ), massive , tall

▪ two-storey/two-story , 20-storey/20-story , etc.

▪ 30-foot , 100-foot , etc.

▪ round , square

▪ ancient , Gothic , medieval

▪ fortified

▪ ruined

▪ control , guard , lookout , observation , watch (usually watchtower )

Armed guards manned the lookout ~s.

▪ bell , clock

▪ cooling , water

▪ cell , cellphone (both AmE )

▪ radio , television

▪ apartment , office , residential (all esp. AmE )

▪ conning ( esp. BrE )

the conning ~ of a submarine

▪ castle , cathedral , church

▪ glass

▪ ivory ( figurative )

academics sitting in their ivory ~s

TOWER + VERB

▪ collapse , fall

▪ stand

the spot where the ~s once stood

TOWER + NOUN

▪ block ( BrE )

II.

verb

Tower is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ cliff , ↑ mountain , ↑ peak

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .