Tower

Name requiring capitalization

Tower usually refers to the Tower of London, the historic fortress that served as royal residence, prison, and execution site: Anne Boleyn was beheaded at the Tower.

As a surname, it appears in personal names. (Lowercase tower is any tall structure.)

famous

Eiffel

Parisian iron structure

PisaTuscan city, tilting tower
BabelConfusion of tongues
Big BenLondon's celebrated tower clock

Burj Khalifa · Empire State · Shanghai · Willis · Space Needle · Chrysler · Blackpool

computing

case

Container or instance

desktopPrimary computer interface
CPUMain computing chip
chassisStructural support base

workstation · rig · motherboard · cooling · fan · power supply · graphics card · RAM · hard drive · ports

control

air traffic

Aircraft in flight

radarRadio-wave object detection
airportAviation passenger facility
runwayPaved path for planes

navigation · communication · flight · aviation · dispatch · operator · clearance · approach · landing · takeoff

surname

personal name

Individual's identifying title

family nameHereditary portion of identity

Opposites

vertical structure height

Towerpit

Fruit's hard seed

hole · basement · cellar · bunker · tunnel

vertical position/action

Towergrovel

Humble oneself servilely

cower · crouch · stoop · shrink · sink

dominance/prominence

Towershrink

Decrease in size

pale · diminish · fade · wither · cower

Phrases

watch towersElevated posts for observation
lifeguard towerRaised platform for swimmers' protectors
clock towerElevated public timepiece
water towerRaised storage for pressure
cell towerWireless communication transmitter
tower overGreatly exceed in height

Family

towering, towers, Tower Hamlets, towered, bell tower, watchtower, ivory tower, Tower of London, water tower

Familiarity: Top 500,000
Profile: Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G