Towernoun
A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast.
Pavilionnoun
An ornate tent.
Towernoun
A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc.
Pavilionnoun
A light roofed structure used as a shelter in a public place.
Towernoun
A water tower.
Pavilionnoun
A structure, sometimes temporary, erected to house exhibits at a fair, etc.
Towernoun
A control tower.
Pavilionnoun
(cricket) The building where the players change clothes, wait to bat, and eat their meals.
Towernoun
Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper.
âThe Sears Towerâ;
Pavilionnoun
A detached or semi-detached building at a hospital or other building complex.
Towernoun
(figuratively) Any item, such as a computer case, that is usually higher than it is wide.
Pavilionnoun
The lower surface of a brilliant-cut gemstone, lying between the girdle and collet.
Towernoun
(informal) An interlocking tower.
Pavilionnoun
(anatomy) The cartiliginous part of the outer ear; auricle.
Towernoun
(figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
Pavilionnoun
(anatomy) The fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
Towernoun
(historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
Pavilionnoun
(military) A flag, ensign, or banner.
Towernoun
(obsolete) High flight; elevation.
Pavilionnoun
A flag or ensign carried at the gaff of the mizzenmast.
Towernoun
The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
Pavilionnoun
(heraldry) A tent used as a bearing.
Towernoun
(cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
Pavilionnoun
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
Towernoun
One who tows.
Pavilionverb
(transitive) To furnish with a pavilion.
Towerverb
(intransitive) To be very tall.
âThe office block towered into the sky.â;
Pavilionverb
(transitive) To put inside a pavilion.
Towerverb
(intransitive) To be high or lofty; to soar.
Pavilionverb
To enclose or surround (after Robert Grant's hymn line "pavilioned in splendour").
Towerverb
To soar into.
Pavilionnoun
A temporary movable habitation; a large tent; a marquee; esp., a tent raised on posts.
Towernoun
A mass of building standing alone and insulated, usually higher than its diameter, but when of great size not always of that proportion.
Pavilionnoun
A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile.
Towernoun
A citadel; a fortress; hence, a defense.
âThou hast been a shelter for me, and a strong tower from the enemy.â;
Pavilionnoun
A flag, colors, ensign, or banner.
Towernoun
A headdress of a high or towerlike form, fashionable about the end of the seventeenth century and until 1715; also, any high headdress.
âLay trains of amorous intriguesIn towers, and curls, and periwigs.â;
Pavilionnoun
Same as Tent (Her.)
Towernoun
High flight; elevation.
Pavilionnoun
That part of a brilliant which lies between the girdle and collet. See Illust. of Brilliant.
Towerverb
To rise and overtop other objects; to be lofty or very high; hence, to soar.
âOn the other side an high rock towered still.â; âMy lord protector's hawks do tower so well.â;
Pavilionnoun
The auricle of the ear; also, the fimbriated extremity of the Fallopian tube.
Towerverb
To soar into.
Pavilionnoun
A covering; a canopy; figuratively, the sky.
âThe pavilion of heaven is bare.â;
Towernoun
a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
Pavilionverb
To furnish or cover with, or shelter in, a tent or tents.
âThe field pavilioned with his guardians bright.â;
Towernoun
anything tall and thin approximating the shape of a column or tower;
âthe test tube held a column of white powderâ; âa tower of dust rose above the horizonâ; âa thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsiteâ;
Pavilionnoun
large and often sumptuous tent
Towernoun
a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
Pavilionnoun
a building at a cricket ground or other sports ground, used for changing and taking refreshments.
Towerverb
appear very large or occupy a commanding position;
âThe huge sculpture predominates over the fountainâ; âLarge shadows loomed on the canyon wallâ;
Pavilionnoun
a summer house or other decorative building used as a shelter in a park or large garden.
Towernoun
a tall, narrow building, either free-standing or forming part of a building such as a church or castle
âthe south-west tower is a wonderful example of late Gothicâ;
Pavilionnoun
used in the names of buildings used for theatrical or other entertainments
âthe resort's Spa Pavilionâ;
Towernoun
a fortress or stronghold in the form of or including a tower.
Pavilionnoun
a detached or semi-detached block at a hospital or other building complex
âthe form of alternating pavilions also allows the site to be developed in depthâ;
Towernoun
see Tower of London
Pavilionnoun
a large tent with a peak and crenellated decorations, used at a show or fair.
Towernoun
a tall structure that houses machinery, operators, etc.
âa control towerâ;
Pavilionnoun
a temporary building, stand, or other structure in which items are displayed at a trade exhibition
âthey designed the British pavilion at Shanghai World Expo 2010â;
Towernoun
a tall structure used as a receptacle or for storage
âa CD towerâ;
Pavilion
In architecture, pavilion has several meanings: It may be a subsidiary building that is either positioned separately or as an attachment to a main building. Often it is associated with pleasure.
Towernoun
a tall pile or mass of something
âa titanic tower of garbageâ;
Towerverb
rise to or reach a great height
âhe seemed to tower over everyone elseâ;
Towerverb
(of a bird) soar to a great height, especially (of a falcon) so as to be able to swoop down on the quarry.
Tower
A tower is a tall structure, taller than it is wide, often by a significant factor. Towers are distinguished from masts by their lack of guy-wires and are therefore, along with tall buildings, self-supporting structures.