- a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building.
- such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc.
- any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building.
- any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower.
- a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place.
- a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor.
- control tower.
- to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high: The skyscraper towers above the city.
- to rise above or surpass others: She towers above the other students.
- (of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up.
- a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty.
- a person or thing that tows.
- a tall, usually square or circular structure, sometimes part of a larger building and usually built for a specific purpose
- a place of defence or retreat
- a mobile structure used in medieval warfare to attack a castle, etc
- a person who gives support, comfort, etc
- to be or rise like a tower; loom
