tower

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A $3.185 million appropriation for the tower was approved as part of the 2008 federal budget, but it is not enough to cover all costs for the project.

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  1. noun A building or part of a building that is exceptionally high in proportion to its width and length.
  2. noun A tall, slender structure used for observation, signaling, or pumping.
  3. noun One that conspicuously embodies strength, firmness, or another virtue.
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  • A $3.185 million appropriation for the tower was approved as part of the 2008 federal budget, but it is not enough to cover all costs for the project. —  The Barnstable Patriot
  • Centred around a 10-meter tower built from jet engine components producing various effects with fire, smoke and water, the heart of the tower is a DJ booth producing the beat for the effects to synchronize to the mayhem!
  • The TV tower is Germany's tallest construction: 368 meters high. —  Netvouz - new bookmarks
  • (A bad bit of phrasing I wrote in the article makes it sound like the tower is their only location; it's just a centrally located, very high one.) —  Wi-Fi Networking News
  • The chilled water from the tower is then used in the air conditioners inside the data center instead of mechanically-chilled water, reducing energy costs. —  SearchDataCenter: IT infrastructure news
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tower:   towering ·  towers

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  1. Middle English tur, tour, towr, from Old English torr and from Old French tur, both from Latin turris, probably from Greek tursis, turris.

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  1. from Middle English tour, tur (also tor), from Anglo-Saxon tur (turr-) (also torr) =Middle Dutch toren, torre, Dutch toren =Old High German turra, turri, Middle High German turn, turm, German turm (dial, turn) =Swedish torn =Danish taarn (the final m and n are unexplained) =Old French tur, tour (whence in part the Middle English word). F. tour =Pr, tor =Spanish Italian torre, a tower, =Gael, torr =Irish tor =W. twr, tower, from Latin turris =Greek τν/ρσις, τν/ρρις, tower, height, bastion. Hence turret, Cf. tor.
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/ˈtaʊər/
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