Tower

  • 31Tower 49 — Infobox Skyscraper status=Built building name=Tower 49 caption=Tower 49 Looking southwesterly from Madison Avenue 49th Street floor count=45 above ground opening= 1985 antenna spire=187 m (614 ft)Tower 49 is an office skyscraper in the Midtown… …

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  • 32tower — tow|er1 [ taur ] noun count ** 1. ) a tall narrow structure or building that stands alone: a water tower the Leaning Tower of Pisa a television/radio tower (=for sending out broadcasts) a ) a tall narrow structure that forms the highest part of a …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 33Tower FM — Radio station name=Tower FM airdate= March 20 1999 frequency=107.4 MHz share= 9.5% share as of= September 2007 share source= [http://www.rajar.co.uk/listening/quarterly listening.php] area= Bolton Bury format =Contemporary|owner = UTV RadioTower… …

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  • 34tower — I n. 1) a bell; conning; control; fire; TV; water tower 2) a signal tower (AE; BE has signal box) 3) a tower stands (one hundred feet high) II v. (d; intr.) to tower above, over (as a thinker, she towers over her colleagues) * * * [ taʊə] TV… …

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  • 35tower — 01. The Eiffel [Tower] is probably the most famous landmark in Paris. 02. The trees [towered] over the loggers who were preparing to cut them down. 03. The second tallest communications [tower] in the world, located in Russia, was badly damaged… …

    Grammatical examples in English

  • 36tower — 1 noun (C) 1 a tall narrow building either built on its own or forming part of a castle, church etc: They rebuilt the church tower in the 1870s. 2 a tall structure, often made of metal, used for signalling, broadcasting etc: an air traffic… …

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  • 37tower — See coil tower distributor tower humidifying tower macpherson strut tower outer tower shock absorber tower terminal tower …

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  • 38tower — /ˈtaʊə / (say towuh) noun 1. a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of any building. 2. such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc. 3. any of various …

  • 39tower — n. & v. n. 1 a a tall esp. square or circular structure, often part of a church, castle, etc. b a fortress etc. comprising or including a tower. c a tall structure housing machinery, apparatus, operators, etc. (cooling tower; control tower). 2 a… …

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  • 40tower — {{11}}tower (n.) O.E. torr, from L. turris high structure (Cf. O.Fr. tor, 11c.; Sp., It. torre tower ), possibly from a pre I.E. Mediterranean language. Also borrowed separately 13c. as tour, from O.Fr. tur. The modern spelling first recorded in… …

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