watch tower
Elevated observation platform
A watch tower is a tall structure built for observation, typically to spot approaching enemies, monitor borders, or survey surrounding terrain.
Guard towers at prisons and military watchtowers serve similar purposes.
The word appears as one word, two words, or hyphenated.
Sentries manned the watch tower through the night.
- sentryGuard on duty
- lookoutWatcher or vista point
- lookout pointElevated observation site
- postVertical structural beam
- wallVertical enclosing structure
standing guard · vigil · sentinel · observation · eagle eye · vantage · high ground · garrison · citadel · medieval castle · rampart · guardhouse · fortress · parapet · beacon · binoculars · bastion · battlement
- guardsguard, point guard, guardian, shooting guard, bodyguard
- towerswatchtower, monopole, Space Needle, Big Ben, Babel
- vigilancevigilant, alertness, attentiveness, alert, vigilance
- firefightingfire station, fire truck, fire engine, firefighter, firefighters
- prisoncell block, inmate, jail, prison, prisoner
- castle partsmoat, keep, drawbridge, battlement, gatehouse
watch towerbunker
Reinforced subterranean stronghold
hideout · hiding place · foxhole · dugout · safe house
watch towerunderground bunker
Reinforced subterranean refuge
cellar · basement · tunnel · catacomb · mine shaft
watch, tower, watches, watched, watching, watcher, watchers, watchful, watchfully