tower
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
How often you will meet it
Rank 1,980 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 9,091 times across 175,112 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower also: column, pillar the test tube held a column of white powdera tower of dust rose above the horizon
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships also: tugboat, tug, towboat
verb
- appear very large or occupy a commanding position also: loom, predominate, hulk The huge sculpture predominates over the fountainLarge shadows loomed on the canyon wall
tower in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Only the lovely Princess was not present, for she was shut up in her tower weeping bitterly.
The Yellow Fairy Book: The Grateful Beasts · World Traditions (Celtic, Norse, Asian & Persian) · Chapter 1
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None saw the fond embracing, save, shining from afar, The Golden Goose that watched them from the tower of Valdemar.
Pennsylvania Pilgrim, and other poems Part 6 From — Volume I · John Greenleaf Whittier · Chapter 1
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The Tower of Magdala X. The House of Simon the Pharisee The Second Passover I. Before the Gates of Machaerus II.
The Complete Poetical Works of Henry · Henry Wadsworth Longfellow · Chapter 1
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The spider in the laurel spins, The weed exiles the flower: And, flung to kiln, Apollo’s bust Makes lime for Mammon’s tower.
John Marr and Other Poems · Herman Melville · Chapter 1
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East and west and south and north 10 The messengers ride fast, And tower and town and cottage Have heard the trumpet's blast.
Narrative and Lyric Poems (first series) · O. J. [Annotator] Stevenson · Chapter 1