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Definition of Tower block
1. Noun. Tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments. "`tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tower Block
Literary usage of Tower block
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. An Almanack for the Year of Our Lord by Joseph Whitaker (1869)
"The fifteen storeys of the tower block rising above the podium, ... London's tallest
building at present is the new 387 ft. high tower block of the Millbank ..."
2. Scarborough's Road Map and Motor Guide of Michigan (1913)
"37.4 Court House on left — west side of river 38.8 Turn right on Genesee St.
— cross RR and bridge 39.4 tower block, corner of Genesee and Jefferson Sts. ..."
3. Mechanics' and Engineers' Pocket-book of Tables, Rules, and Formulas by Charles Haynes Haswell (1920)
"Or, nP = W. n representing number of parís of cord sustain ~ng tower block.
Jix sheaves ? 600 6^V —What power is required to raise 600 lus. when lower block ..."
4. Notes on Track: Construction and Maintenance by Walter Mason Camp (1904)
""Whore traffic is heavy on a single-track road there should be a tower block
system or an interlocking staff system, in order that it should be Impossible ..."
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