"tower block" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tower blocks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tower block (plural tower blocks)
  1. A tall residential or office building. Wikipedia link: tower block Categories (topical): Buildings Translations (tall building): højhus [neuter] (Danish), hoogbouw [masculine] (Dutch), korruselamu (Estonian), korrusmaja (Estonian), Hochhaus [neuter] (German), háhýsi (Icelandic), palazzo [masculine] (Italian), condominio [masculine] (Italian), casa a torre [feminine] (Italian), Héichhaus [neuter] (Luxembourgish), høyhus [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), høghus [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), høghus [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), blok [masculine] (Polish), wieżowiec [masculine] (Polish), drapacz chmur [masculine] (Polish), höghus [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-tower_block-en-noun-~Oax-mAT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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