Collocations for tower - noun
ADJ.
high, high-rise, lofty, massive, tall | squat | two-storey, three-storey, etc.
They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
They lived in a ten-storey tower in the town centre.
octagonal, round, square | ancient, Gothic, medieval | fortified | twin
Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
Twin towers flanked the castle gateway.
ruined | control, lookout, observation, watch (also ‘watchtower’)
Armed border guards manned the lookout towers.
Armed border guards manned the lookout towers.
bell, clock | cooling, water | television | computer | conning | castle, cathedral, church | ivory
(figurative) academics sitting in their ivory towers
(figurative) academics sitting in their ivory towers
TOWER + VERB
collapse