tower

Definitions

• A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.
• A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.
• A water tower.
• A control tower.
• Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
• (figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
• (informal) An interlocking tower.
• (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
• (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
• (obsolete) High flight; elevation.
• The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
• (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.