Phrase Hound found 57 phrases and 15 compound words that contain towers. The most common are listed below. Open towers in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 57
- Twin TowersThe two main buildings of the World Trade Center, destroyed in the terrorist attacks on 9/11, 2001.
- towers of silenceplural of tower of silence: A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an …
- towers of strengthplural of tower of strength: A person who supplies strong and reliable support, especially in difficult times.
- Charters TowersA gold mining town and larger local government area (Charters Towers Region) in northern Queensland, Australia.
- bell towersplural of bell tower: A tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry.
- clock towersplural of clock tower: A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
- control towersplural of control tower: An airport building from which the air traffic control unit monitors and directs the movement of aircraft on and around the airport.
- cooling towersplural of cooling tower: A large device, in the form of a tower-shaped building, in which warm water is cooled by evaporation caused by circulating currents of air.
- observation towersplural of observation tower: a structure used to view events from a long distance and to create a full 360 degree range of vision
- power towersplural of power tower: A chain of exponentiations, or raising to powers, of the form a^(aa...); tetration.
- radio towersplural of radio tower: A tower or mast containing one or more antennas to transmit radio signals
- telecommunications towersplural of telecommunications tower: A structure intended to support antennas, waveguide and associated equipment for the transmission of signals for wireless communication.
- Texas towersplural of Texas tower: A kind of offshore lighthouse resembling an oil platform.
- transmission towersplural of transmission tower: electricity pylon
- wall towersplural of wall tower: A tower built into and forming part of a line of fortification or a fortified city wall.
- water towersplural of water tower: A large tank of water, in an elevated position, acting as a local reservoir; water is pumped into the tank and fed by gravity to the consumers.
- wind towersplural of wind tower: A traditional Persian architectural element for creating natural ventilation in buildings.
- ivory towersplural of ivory tower: A sheltered, overly-academic existence or perspective, implying a disconnection or lack of awareness of reality or practical considerations.
- siege towersplural of siege tower: A siege weapon, consisting of a wheeled wooden tower with ladders inside, which was parked next to walls so assailants could safely scale them.
- moonlight towersplural of moonlight tower: A high tower fitted with arclights, formerly common in 19th-century cities with electricity, as a means of illuminating public spaces.
- fire lookout towersplural of fire lookout tower: A lookout tower to search for fires in a forest.
- towers of HanoiA puzzle in which stacks of disks are moved one at a time from one of three spindles to another so that no disk ever rests on a smaller disk.
- Martello towersplural of Martello tower: A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.
- apartment towersplural of apartment tower: A tall apartment building or tower block.
- cat towersplural of cat tower: Synonym of cat tree (“structure for a cat to play on”).
Compound words 15
- watchtowersplural of watchtower: An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.
- belltowersplural of belltower: A tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry.
- bestowersplural of bestower: One who bestows.
- churchtowersplural of churchtower: Uncommon spelling of church tower.
- clocktowersplural of clocktower: A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
- Hightowersplural of Hightower: A surname.
- kowtowersplural of kowtower: One who kowtows; a sycophant.
- megatowersplural of megatower: A very tall tower.
- minitowersplural of minitower: A relatively small tower case for a computer system.
- monotowersplural of monotower: A crane or derrick mounted on a single tower