Definition of Towers

1. Noun. (plural of tower) ¹

2. Verb. (third-person singular of tower) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Towers

1. tower [v] - See also: tower

Lexicographical Neighbors of Towers

tower cress
tower mustard
tower of silence
tower of strength
tower over
tower skull
towered
towerier
toweriest
towering
towering inferno
towering infernos
toweringly
towerless
towerlike
towers (current term)
towers of Hanoi
towers of strength
towery
towhead
towheaded
towheads
towhee
towhees
towier
towies
towiest
towilly
towind

Literary usage of Towers

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

1. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"In ancient times towers were erected as memorials to the dead, for purposes of ... Mediaeval castles usually had one or more towers, serving for observation ..."

2. The Encyclopaedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and (1911)
"From the architectural point of view, the towers which are of chief interest are those of ... In England the earliest known are the Anglo-Saxon towers, ..."

3. A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities by William Smith (1891)
"The first invention or improvement of such towers is ascribed by Athenaeus the ... 54) mentioned towers as used at the siege of Selinus (BC 409), ..."

4. Mont-Saint-Michel and Chartres by Henry Adams (1905)
"For convenience, this old fagade — including the portal and the two towers, but not the fleches, and the three lancet windows, but not the rose — may be ..."

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