"torre d'avorio" meaning in Italian

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Noun

Forms: torri d'avorio [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “tower of ivory”. Compare French tour d’ivoire. Etymology templates: {{m-g|tower of ivory}} “tower of ivory”, {{lit|tower of ivory}} Literally, “tower of ivory”, {{cog|fr|tour d'ivoire}} French tour d’ivoire Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} torre d'avorio f (plural torri d'avorio)
  1. (idiomatic) ivory tower Tags: feminine, idiomatic
    Sense id: en-torre_d'avorio-it-noun-lefJjWEz Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2020, Barack Obama, chapter 25, in Chicca Galli, Paolo Lucca, Giuseppe Maugeri, transl., Una terra promessa [A Promised Land], Garzanti Libri:",
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