tower
US /ˈtaʊɚ/
Definition
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
Our new office is on the twentieth floor of the tower.
Word Family
NounNoun
tower gốc
towage
VerbVerb
tower gốc
AdjectiveAdj
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AdverbAdv
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Synonyms
- high-risetower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments
- columna line of units following one after another
Collocations
- Easy clock towerto clock tower, meaning to measure the time or duration of an event or action or the person who performs an action in a certain period of time
- Medium modern office towerdescribing modern office tower (a contemporary person)
- Hard transmission tower infrastructuredescribing transmission tower infrastructure (the act of sending a message; causing a message to be transmitted)
- Very Hard live in an ivory tower detached from realityto live in an ivory tower detached from reality, meaning to inhabit or live in; be an inhabitant of
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