Dictionary entry

Tower

Pronunciation: /ˈtaʊə/

Pronunciation

/ˈtaʊə/

Myanmar Meaning

(n) မျှော်စင်

Definition

tower /'taƱǝ(r)/ n ေမွ်ာ္စင္။ နန္းျမင့္။ 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။ မိုးေနသည္။ The mountain towered above us. ❍ At six feet, he towers over his mother. ၂။ လႊမ္းမိုးသည္။ She towers over the other sopranos of her generation. ❏ tower block n ( Brit ) မိုးပ်ံတိုက္။ ❏ towering /'taƱǝrÇŋ/ adj ၁။ ျမင့္သြန္းေသာ။ the towering cliffs/peaks. ၂။ ႐ႉး႐ႉးရွားရွား။ be in a towering rage. ၃။ ( approv ) ထည္ဝါေသာ။ a towering intellectual achievement. ❏ a tower of strength [ IDM ] အေရးအေၾကာင္းရိွက အားထားရသူ။

Examples

  1. A water tower
  2. The Leaning Tower of Pisa
  3. A television/radio tower
  4. There’s a magnificent view from the top of the church tower.