"tower house" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tower houses [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} tower house (plural tower houses)
  1. A tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation. Wikipedia link: tower house Categories (topical): Buildings Translations (Translations): casa torre [feminine] (Galician), casa forte [feminine] (Galician), casatorre [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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