"Tower" meaning in English

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Proper name

Forms: Towers [plural]
Head templates: {{en-proper noun|~}} Tower (countable and uncountable, plural Towers)
  1. (UK, with 'the') The Tower of London, especially seen as a place of imprisonment or punishment. Tags: UK, countable, uncountable Derived forms: sent to the Tower Translations (Tower of London): 倫敦塔 /伦敦塔 (Lūndūntǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), Towern (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-Tower-en-name-mC5sOeAE Categories (other): British English, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 50 19 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 24 38 Disambiguation of 'Tower of London': 97 3
  2. (countable) A habitational surname.; Alternative form of Towers Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-Tower-en-name-BSD4-Jmv Categories (other): English surnames, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 24 38

Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|?}} Tower
  1. (attributive, from its later association with the English mint at the Tower of London) Denoting the system of weights used by the Saxon and Norman English kings in their minting of coins. Tags: attributive Derived forms: Tower ounce, Tower pound
    Sense id: en-Tower-en-noun-mIH-SmDx Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 37 14 49 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 31 19 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 38 24 38

Inflected forms

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