Tower

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English

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Proper noun

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Tower (countable and uncountable, plural Towers)

  1. (UK, with 'the') The Tower of London, especially seen as a place of imprisonment or punishment.
    Traitors should be sent to the Tower!
  2. (countable) A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers

Derived terms

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Tower of London

Translations

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Noun

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Tower

  1. (attributive, from its later association with the English mint at the Tower of London) Denoting the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins.

Derived terms

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Tower of London mint

Further reading

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Anagrams

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German

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German Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

Noun

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Tower m

  1. control tower (for air traffic)
    Synonym: Kontrollturm m

Proper noun

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Tower

  1. Tower of London

Further reading

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  • “Tower” in Duden online
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