Tower

See also: tower

English

Proper noun

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

Tower of London

• sent to the Tower

 

Translations

Tower of London

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 倫敦塔／伦敦塔 (Lūndūntǎ)

• Swedish: Towern ?

surname — see Towers

Noun

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

Tower of London mint

• Tower ounce
• Tower pound

 

Further reading

• Tower pound on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tower of London on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Tower (surname) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• towre, twoer, wrote

German

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aʊ̯ɐ

Noun

Tower m

1. control tower (for air traffic)

   Synonym: Kontrollturm m

Proper noun

Tower

1. Tower of London

Further reading

• “Tower” in Duden online