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clock tower en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
   • This one is surmounted by a clock-tower with a bent weather-vane - the latter being the only disorderly object in sight. 1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 164:
   • However, the Victorian platform buildings all survive, and the station's iconic clock tower (built in 1899) was dismantled and rebuilt alongside the current frontage. 2022 November 16, Paul Stephen, “Stations earn a deserved NRA ovation: Medium: Bolton”, in RAIL, number 970, page 48:
   • An astronomical clock tower, built at K'ai-feng in the eleventh century under imperial orders, relied on a highly sophisticated combination of water-driven gears (seen at right center in the cutaway diagram above) to rotate an armillary sphere (under the thatched roof) and a celestial globe (located within the tower on the second floor). 1969, C. P. Fitzgerald, “The Spirit of Invention”, in The Horizon History of China, New York: American Heritage Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155:

Forms

Translations (30)

sh sàhat-kúla (tower having a large clock) · pl wieża zegarowa (tower having a large clock) · ja 時計台 (tower having a large clock) · hi घंटाघर (tower having a large clock) · tr saat kule (tower having a large clock) · ta மணிக்கூடு (tower having a large clock) · fr tour de l'horloge (tower having a large clock) · sv klocktorn (tower having a large clock) · sh sȁhat-kúla (tower having a large clock) · sh са̀хат-ку́ла (tower having a large clock) · da klokketårn (tower having a large clock) · fi kellotorni (tower having a large clock) · uk годинникова вежа (tower having a large clock) · ta மணிக்கூண்டு (tower having a large clock) · he מגדל שעון (tower having a large clock) · ko 시계탑 (tower having a large clock) · es torre del reloj (tower having a large clock) · hi धर्मघड़ी (tower having a large clock) · ca torre de rellotge (tower having a large clock) · sh са̏хат-ку́ла (tower having a large clock) · ro turn cu ceas (tower having a large clock) · hu óratorony (tower having a large clock) · mk саат-кула (tower having a large clock) · th หอนาฬิกา (tower having a large clock) · de Uhrturm (tower having a large clock) · ru часова́я ба́шня (tower having a large clock) · vi tháp đồng hồ (tower having a large clock) · id menara jam (tower having a large clock) · ar بُرْج سَاعَة (tower having a large clock) · nl klokkentoren (tower having a large clock)