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- [tou-er]
- /ˈtaʊ ər/
- /taʊər/
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- [tou-er]
- /ˈtaʊ ər/
Definitions of towered word
- noun towered any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower. 2
- noun towered a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place. 2
- noun towered a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building. 1
- noun towered such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc. 1
- noun towered any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building. 1
- noun towered a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor. Compare minitower. 1
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Origin of towered
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; (noun) Middle English tour, earlier tur, tor < Old French < Latin turris < Greek týrris, variant of týrsis tower; Middle English tor perhaps in some cases continuing Old English torr < Latin turris, as above; (v.) late Middle English touren, derivative of the noun
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Parts of speech for Towered
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
towered popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 99% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
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verb towered
- arose — Arose is the past tense of arise.
- ascended — to move, climb, or go upward; mount; rise: The airplane ascended into the clouds.
- climaxed — Simple past tense and past participle of climax.
- escaladed — Simple past tense and past participle of escalade.
- loomed — a looming appearance, as of something seen indistinctly at a distance or through a fog: the loom of a moraine directly in their path.
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