| bell tower | a tower that supports or shelters a bell |
| church tower | the tower of a church |
| clock tower | a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face |
| CN Tower | a tower in Toronto, feet tall for broadcasting widely |
| conning tower | a raised bridge on a submarine, often used for entering and exiting |
| conning tower | an armored pilothouse on a warship |
| control tower | a tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport |
| cooling tower | a cooling system used in industry to cool hot water (by partial evaporation) before reusing it as a coolant |
| Eiffel Tower | a wrought iron tower meters high that was constructed in Paris in , for many years it was the tallest man-made structure |
| fire tower | a watchtower where a lookout is posted to watch for fires |
highise
tower block | tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments, `tower block' is the British term for `highise' |
Leaning Tower
Leaning Tower of Pisa | a tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular, construction was begun in |
lookout
observation tower
lookout station
observatory | a structure commanding a wide view of its surroundings |
| martello tower | a circular masonry fort for coastal defence |
mooring tower
mooring mast | a tower for mooring airships |
| Petronas Towers | twin skyscrapers built in Kuala Lumpur in , feet high |
| Sears Tower | a skyscraper built in Chicago in , feet tall |
| shot tower | tower of a kind once used to make shot, molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water |
signal box
signal tower | a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains |
| supporting tower | a tower that serves to support something |
| tower | a structure taller than its diameter, can stand alone or be attached to a larger building |
Tower of Babel
Babel | (Genesis :-) a tower built by Noah's descendants (probably in Babylon) who intended it to reach up to heaven, God foiled them by confusing their language so they could no longer understand one another |
| Tower of London | a fortress in London on the Thames, used as a palace and a state prison and now as a museum containing the crown jewels |
| Tower of Pharos | a great lighthouse ( feet high) built at Alexandria in BC |
tugboat
tug
towboat
tower | a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships |
| water tower | a large reservoir for water |
World Trade Center
WTC
twin towers | twin skyscrapersstories high in New York City, built feet tall into , destroyed by a terrorist attack on September , |
| ivory tower | a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place, he lived in the ivory tower of speculation, they viewed universities as ivory towers |
tower of strength
pillar of strength | a person who can be relied on to give a great deal of support and comfort |
| tower cress tower mustard Arabis turrita | European cress having stiff erect stems, sometimes placed in genus Turritis |
tower mustard tower cress Turritis glabra
Arabis glabra | or genus Arabis: erect cress widely distributed throughout Europe |
column tower
pillar | anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower, the test tube held a column of white powder, a tower of dust rose above the horizon, a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite |
loom
tower
predominate hulk | appear very large or occupy a commanding position, The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain, Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall |