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tower block

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American soundtower block
towerblock
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tower - block -> tower block

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tower /'taƱǝ(r)/ n

မျှော်စင်။ နန်းမြင့်။ a clock/church tower ❍ the Tower of London ❍ the Eiffel Tower. ❍ CHURCH Compare SPIRE See also CONTROL TOWER, COOLING TOWER, IVORY TOWER, WATCH-TOWER, WATER TOWER
❏ tower above/over sb/sth [PHRV ]
၁။ မိုးနေသည်။ The mountain towered above us. ❍ At six feet, he towers over his mother.
၂။ လွှမ်းမိုးသည်။ She towers over the other sopranos of her generation.
❏ tower block n (Brit ) မိုးပျံတိုက်။
❏ towering /'taƱǝrÇŋ/ adj
၁။ မြင့်သွန်းသော။ the towering cliffs/peaks.
၂။ ရှူးရှူးရှားရှား။ be in a towering rage.
၃။ (approv ) ထည်ဝါသော။ a towering intellectual achievement.
❏ a tower of strength [IDM ] အရေးအကြောင်းရှိက အားထားရသူ။

More examples
  • A water tower
  • The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  • A television/radio tower
  • There’s a magnificent view from the top of the church tower.
Synonyms
loom, overlook, be head and shoulders above, soar, rise, shoot up, ascend, barbican, bartizan, battlement, be above, belfry, bell tower, campanile, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, dominate, exceed, excel, extend above, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, look down, look over, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, mount, obelisk, outclass, outdo, outstrip, overtop, pillar, post, pylon, rear, refuge, rise above, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, surmount, surpass, top, transcend, turret
Antonyms
decline, descend, drop, fail, fall, fall behind, follow, lose, lower, surrender, yield
Cross references
loomoverlookbe head and shoulders abovesoarriseshoot upascendbarbicanbartizanbattlementbe abovebelfrybell towercampanilecastlecitadelcloud bustercolumndominateexceedexcelextend abovefortfortificationfortresshigh risekeeplook down
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