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clock tower

clock tower noun: a tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.

clock tower: a tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with...
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Noun

clock tower (plural clock towers)

  1. A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
    • 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...1969, C. P. Fitzgerald, “The Spirit of Invention”, in The Horizon History of China, New York: American Heritage Publishing, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 155
    • 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

clock tower meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Arabic and Indonesian

clock tower in Hindi

tower having a large clock
घंटाघर ghaṇṭāghar, धर्मघड़ी dharmaghṛī

clock tower in Tamil

tower having a large clock
மணிக்கூடு maṇikkūṭu, மணிக்கூண்டு maṇikkūṇṭu

clock tower in Arabic

tower having a large clock
بُرْج سَاعَة burj sāʕa

clock tower in Indonesian

tower having a large clock
menara jam
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clock tower in Thai
หอนาฬิกา hɔ̌ɔ-naa-lí-gaa
clock tower in Vietnamese
tháp đồng hồ

Forms of clock tower

pluralclock towers

Questions about clock tower

What does clock tower mean?
Clock tower means a tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.
What is clock tower in Hindi?
Clock tower in Hindi is घंटाघर (ghaṇṭāghar), धर्मघड़ी (dharmaghṛī). See Clock tower meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is clock tower?
Clock tower is a noun.
What is the plural of clock tower?
The plural of clock tower is clock towers.

Words near clock tower in the dictionary

  1. clock star
  2. clock stars
  3. clock system
  4. clock the tea
  5. clock time
  6. clock tower
  7. clock towers
  8. clock up
  9. clock vine
  10. clock vines
  11. clock watcher

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