Definition of "tower" in английский

noun

1. A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.

2. A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.

3. A water tower.

4. A control tower.

5. Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

   • The Sears Tower

6. (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.

7. (informal) Ellipsis of interlocking tower.

8. (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.

9. (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.

10. (obsolete) High flight; elevation.

11. The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.

12. (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.

13. (collective) A group of giraffes.

14. (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.

15. (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.

verb

1. (intransitive) To be very tall.

   • The office block towered into the sky.

2. (intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.

3. (obsolete, transitive) To soar into.

noun

1. One who tows.