tower

/ˈtaʊ.ɚ/

nounverbtow · er

Think: “Tow-er”—you could tow a car to the bottom of a tall tower.

Yes, it's tower. The tricky part is the vowel sound: it’s “ow” as in “cow” (t-ow-er), not “oo” or “or.”

Definitions

  1. nouna tall, narrow structure, often part of a building, that rises high above the ground
  2. nouna tall, upright object or mass that stands above its surroundings
  3. verbto rise or stand very high above something else

Examples

  • “We climbed the stone tower to see the whole city.”
  • “A tower of books leaned dangerously on the edge of the desk.”
  • “Snowy mountains towered over the small village.”

Synonyms

spireturretpillarstackrise

Antonyms

sinkdescend

Translations

ES torrePT torreFR tour

Common misspellings

touertowretawertoertowartowe rtowerr

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