Watchtower vs. Tower

Watchtowernoun

An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.

Watchtowernoun

A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

Watchtowernoun

an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies

Watchtower

A watchtower or watch tower is a type of fortification used in many parts of the world. It differs from a regular tower in that its primary use is military and from a turret in that it is usually a freestanding structure.

Towernoun

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

Towernoun

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

Towernoun

A water tower.

Towernoun

A control tower.

Towernoun

Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.

Towernoun

(figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.

Towernoun

(informal) An interlocking tower.

Towernoun

(figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.

Towernoun

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

Towernoun

(obsolete) High flight; elevation.

Towernoun

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

Towernoun

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

Towernoun

One who tows.

Towerverb

(intransitive) To be very tall.

Towerverb

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

Towerverb

To soar into.

Towernoun

A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.

Towernoun

A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.

Towernoun

A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.

Towernoun

High flight; elevation.

Towerverb

To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.

Towerverb

To soar into.

Towernoun

a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building

Towernoun

anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower;

Towernoun

a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships

Towerverb

appear very large or occupy a commanding position;

Towernoun

a tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle

Towernoun

a fortress or stronghold in the form of or including a tower.

Towernoun

see Tower of London

Towernoun

a tall structure that houses machinery, operators, etc.

Towernoun

a tall structure used as a receptacle or for storage

Towernoun

a tall pile or mass of something

Towerverb

rise to or reach a great height

Towerverb

(of a bird) soar to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on the quarry.

Tower

A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.