Definition of Clock tower

1. Noun. A tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face.

Generic synonyms: Tower

Definition of Clock tower

1. Noun. (architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Clock Tower

clock dial
clock face
clock faces
clock generator
clock generators
clock golf
clock in
clock off
clock on
clock out
clock paradox
clock pendulum
clock radio
clock speed
clock time
clock tower (current term)
clock towers
clock up
clock watcher
clockcase
clockcases
clocke
clocked
clocker
clockers
clockes
clockface
clockfaces
clocking
clockless

Literary usage of Clock tower

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Medieval Art: From the Peace of the Church to the Eve of the Renaissance by William Richard Lethaby (1904)
"Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, and clock tower of Palace. From Froissart MS. at British Museum. Here the clerestory windows are coupled and have foiled ..."

2. A Dictionary of Architecture and Building, Biographical, Historical, and by Russell Sturgis (1901)
"clock tower. A tower whose chief object is, or appears to be, the containing of a large clock, usually in a prominent and easily seen position. ..."

3. The Archaeological Journal by Council, British Archaeological Association, Central Committee (1879)
"The clock tower at Westminster is simply a ... and the »»me may lie said of the Midland Railway clock tower, and that of the Town Hall in Manchester. ..."

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