- tower
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ 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 towers.
▪ bell, clock▪ cooling, water▪ cell, cellphone (both AmE)▪ radio, television▪ apartment, office, residential (all esp. AmE)▪ conning (esp. BrE)▪the conning tower of a submarine
▪ castle, cathedral, church▪ glass▪ ivory (figurative)▪academics sitting in their ivory towers
TOWER + VERB▪ collapse, fall▪ stand▪the spot where the towers once stood
TOWER + NOUN▪ block (BrE){{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}verb
Collocations dictionary. 2013.