Towers
//ˈtaʊɚz// name, noun, verb
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 plural of tower form-of, plural
Verb
- 1 third-person singular simple present indicative of tower form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person
Proper Noun
- 1 A habitational surname.
- 2 plural of Tower form-of, plural
- 3 [after a name, typically that of the speaker/writer or publication] the putative palatial address of the named person or corporate entity humorous
"And aren't we all looking forward to the Signals episode on architecture featuring — well wouldn't you know it? — James Stirling, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster[...] Well, no, we're not exactly pencilling it in our diary here at Punch Towers. We are frankly getting rather tired of hearing about Messrs F, R and S."
Example
More examples"Nothing can change the look of a city so dramatically as the sudden appearance of a block of offices which towers above all the surrounding buildings."
Etymology
From towers.
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