TOWER vs PILLAR: NOUN
- A wig or the natural hair built up very high.
- A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
- A projection from a line of wall, as a fortification, for purposes of defense, as a flanker, either or the same height as the curtain wall or higher.
- A collection of buildings in the eastern part of London, formerly containing a state prison, and now used as an arsenal and repository of various objects of public interest.
- The cruciferous plant Arabis perfoliata.
- A bastion of masonry, often with chambers beneath, built at an angle of the interior polygon of some works.
- See under Shot.
- See under Round, a.
- A large tower or chamber used in the manufacture of sulphuric acid, to condense the crude acid and to deliver concentrated acid charged with nitrous fumes. These fumes, as a catalytic, effect the conversion of sulphurous to sulphuric acid. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Gay Lussac's tower, above.
- A structure appended to a larger edifice for a special purpose, as for a belfry, and then usually high in proportion to its width and to the height of the rest of the edifice.
- A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
- A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
- High flight; elevation.
- A large tower or chamber used in the sulphuric acid process, to absorb (by means of concentrated acid) the spent nitrous fumes that they may be returned to the Glover's tower to be reemployed. See Sulphuric acid, under Sulphuric, and Glover's tower, below.
- A high commode or headdress worn by women in the reigns of William III. and Anne.
- Anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower
- A powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length.
- A tall, slender structure used for observation, signaling, or pumping.
- One that conspicuously embodies strength, firmness, or another virtue.
- A computer system whose components are arranged in a vertical stack and housed in a tall, narrow cabinet.
- An obsolete form of tour.
- A building lofty in proportion to its lateral dimensions, of any form in plan, whether insulated or forming part of a church, castle, or other edifice.
- A drying-apparatus of cylindrical shape: same as calcium-chlorid tube.
- In a railroad, a building in which are assembled the levers which control a system of switches and signals; a signalman's cabin. Signal-towers are usually two stories high, to give the signalman a view of the tracks and signals under his control. See switch-tower and signaling.
- In geology, a columnar protrusion of eruptive rock, such as the famous spine of Pelée on Martinique. See cumulovolcano.
- A structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- In early and medieval warfare, a tall, movable wooden structure used in storming a fortified place.
- A citadel; a fortress; a place of defense or protection.
- In astrology, a mansion.
- In heraldry, a bearing representing a fortified tower with battlements and usually a gate with a portcullis.
- In chem.: Same as distïlling-tube.
- One who tows.
- A structure, usually taller than it is wide, often used as a lookout, usually unsupported by guy-wires.
- Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
- An interlocking tower.
- The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, deemed an ill omen.
- Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- In the manège, the raised center of the ring or manège-ground around which a horse turns. There are also pillars at regular intervals around the ground.
- A portable emblem in the form of an ornamented column, formerly carried before an ecclesiastical dignitary as typical of his function as a support to the church.
- Something resembling a pillar in appearance.
- A solid mass of coal left either temporarily or permanently to support the roof of a mine.
- In harp-making, the upright post on the side furthest from the player. It is usually hollow, and contains the rods of the pedal-action.
- A frame for supporting tobacco-pipes in a kiln.
- The nipple of a firearm.
- The general and popular term for a firm, upright, insulated support for a superstructure; a pier, column, or post; also, a column or shaft not supporting a superstructure, as one erected for a monument or an ornament.
- In anatomy and zoology, a pillar-like or columnar structure, part, or organ; a column or columella; a crus: as, the pillar (columella or modiolus) of a spiral shell; the pillars (crura or peduncles) of the brain. See cut under Discophora.
- A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- The center of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- Hither and thither; to and fro; from one place or predicament to another; backward and forward.
- See Stylite.
- See Fauces, 1.
- A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- An essential part of something that provides support.
- A vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- Anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- Figuratively, that which resembles such a pillar in appearance, character, or office; a supporter or mainstay
- A fundamental principle or practice
- A prominent supporter
- One of the posts which serve to connect the plates of a clock-movement, and also to keep them the necessary distance apart.
- A vertical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (as a monument or a column of air)
- Anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower
- A slender, freestanding, vertical support; a column.
- Such a structure or one similar to it used for decoration.
- One who occupies a central or responsible position.
- In ship-building, a column which supports a deck-beam in the interior of a vessel.
- A column; a columnar mass of any form, often composed, or having the appearance of being composed, of several shafts engaged in a central core, as is frequent in medieval architecture: by architects often distinguished from column, inasmuch as it may be of any shape in section, and is not subordinated to the rules of classic architecture. See also cuts under latand column.
- A support or supporter; one who or that which sustains or upholds.
- The upright and supporting part of something, as of a table having but one support, or of a candlestick.
- (architeture) a tall cylindrical vertical upright and used to support a structure
TOWER vs PILLAR: ADJECTIVE
- N/A
- Having a support in the form of a pillar, instead of legs.
TOWER vs PILLAR: VERB
- To be very tall.
- Appear very large or occupy a commanding position
- To provide with pillars or added strength as if from pillars.
TOWER vs PILLAR: INTRANSITIVE VERB
- To fly directly upward before swooping or falling. Used of certain birds.
- To demonstrate great superiority; be preeminent.
- To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
- To appear at or rise to a conspicuous height; loom.
- N/A
TOWER vs PILLAR: TRANSITIVE VERB
- To soar into.
- To support or decorate with pillars or a pillar.
TOWER vs PILLAR: OTHER WORD TYPES
- To rise aloft into.
- To mount up, as a hawk to be able to swoop down on the quarry.
- To rise straight up in the air, as a wounded bird (see towering, n.)
- To soar as a lark in the act of singing
- To soar aloft, as a bird; specifically
- To rise or extend far upward like a tower; rise high or aloft.
- (idiom) (from pillar to post) From one place to another; hither and thither.
TOWER vs PILLAR: RELATED WORDS
- Pagoda, Pylons, Scaffold, Pylon, Monument, Antenna, Scaffolding, Watchtower, Buildings, Building, Steeple, Loom, Column, Pillar, Hulk
- Component, Underpinning, Lynchpin, Element, Linchpin, Bulwark, Plank, Backbone, Bedrock, Tenet, Keystone, Cornerstone, Column, Tower, Mainstay
TOWER vs PILLAR: DESCRIBE WORDS
- Terminal, Pedestal, Turret, Pagoda, Pylons, Scaffold, Monument, Antenna, Scaffolding, Buildings, Building, Steeple, Column, Pillar, Hulk
- Component, Underpinning, Lynchpin, Element, Linchpin, Bulwark, Plank, Backbone, Bedrock, Tenet, Keystone, Cornerstone, Column, Tower, Mainstay
TOWER vs PILLAR: SENTENCE EXAMPLES
- Taynitskaya Tower, the First Unnamed Tower, the Second Unnamed Tower.
- About very slow cold drip coffee tower by Yama takes the functionality of a tower.
- Cell Phone Tower u0421u0428u0410 Carson Nash Great Plains Towers Accounts Receivable, Cell Phone Tower, Cell Tower Leases, consumer receivable financing, Factoring Accounts.
- Astronomy Tower, the tallest tower in Hogwarts, and are taught by Professor Aurora Sinistra.
- Office Tower, Hotel Tower and Convention Centre The final component comprises of the office tower, hotel tower and convention centre.
- Willis Tower, formerly known as Sears Tower, and the John Hancock Center.
- Completed Tower climbing safety and tower rescue through COMTRAIN.
- The tower is identified by its unique tower number.
- Deluxe Kegerator Tower Wrench: The Deluxe Kegerator Tower Wrench allows easy removal and replacement of your faucet from a tower system or refrigerator shank.
- First the presentation of the gift tower whether it s a chocolate tower or food tower makes a fabulous impression.
- Cross the bridge to the Amphoret Pillar and take a right to find a pillar with numerous Volffs.
- The angel provided guidance with a pillar of cloud before them in the day and a pillar of fire by night.
- If a pillar is created under a creature, that creature must succeed on a Dexterity saving throw or be lifted by the pillar.
- He guided Israel by a pillar of cloud and a pillar of fire in the wilderness, but that method ceased when they entered Canaan.
- There are four main pillar extraction methods depending on the variation of room and pillar being used and the orebody characteristics.
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- Various parts are called the pillar of heaven, pillar of earth, mountain, dragon pond and phoenix pool.
- Nox in pillar and one socket box in pillar within the charging station project.
- Castillo Pillar is a Fire Pillar usually used as an accent piece for your outdoor space.
- He was moving slowly from pillar to pillar, running over my throat.
TOWER vs PILLAR: QUESTIONS
- What kind of clock tower is the gothic clock tower?
- What are the similarities between the north tower and South Tower?
- Is the Eiffel Tower better than the Montparnasse Tower in Paris?
- How much does it cost to live in Tower One/Tower East?
- Why is the North Tower of Meenakshi temple called Bare tower?
- Did Chicago's Sears Tower change its name to Willis Tower?
- Should I go to masquerade tower or Ipanema Tower @ Rio?
- Is it possible to mistake this tower for Eiffel Tower?
- Apa manfaat Tower untuk jaringan internet / Tower BTS?
- What makes the Eiffel Tower and Montparnasse Tower special?
- What is the social pillar of corporate sustainability?
- Is the pillar investigation of Monsignor Burrill unethical?
- What is the normative pillar of institutional theory?
- When does pillar strength increase with increasing width?
- Are economy pillar candles available at wholesale prices?
- Why choose progress Pillar Property Management LLC?
- What is the significance of the pillar of pillar of Eternity?
- What is the significance of the month pillar and day Pillar?
- What is the origin of the expression from pillar to pillar?
- What is the OECD doing about pillar one and pillar two?