tower

Significado (Inglés)

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.
6. An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
7. (informal) Short for interlocking tower..
8. A strong refuge; a defence.
9. 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. The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
13. A group of giraffes
14. 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. A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.

torre

elevarse

remontars

castillete

empinarse

encumbrarse

sobresalir

cobijo

defensa

obstrucción

altar de ofrendas

castillo

centros ceremoniales

fortaleza

lugar de fortaleza

lugares sagrados

recinto fortificado

remolcador

columna

la casa de dios

alzarse

erguirse

térem

Frecuencia

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˈtaʊ.ə(ɹ)/

From Middle English tour, tur, tor, from Old English tūr, tor, torr ("tower; rock"; > English tor) and Old French tour, toer, tor; both from Latin turris (“a tower”), Ancient Greek τύρρις (túrrhis) (Hesychius), τύρσις (túrsis). Compare Scots tour, towr, towre (“tower”), West Frisian toer (“tower”), Dutch toren (“tower”), German Turm (“tower”), Danish tårn (“tower”), Swedish torn (“tower”), Icelandic turn (“tower”), Welsh tŵr. Doublet of tor, tourelle, and turret.