"folly tower" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: folly towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} folly tower (plural folly towers)
  1. A tower built as an architectural folly, i.e. for ornamental rather than practical reasons. Wikipedia link: folly tower
    Sense id: en-folly_tower-en-noun-S1estRTg Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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