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clocktower

clocktower is the alternative spelling of clock tower.

Meaning of clock tower

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

Forms of clocktower

pluralclocktowers

Questions about clocktower

What is clocktower the alternative spelling of?
Clocktower is the alternative spelling of clock tower.

Words near clocktower in the dictionary

  1. clockstars
  2. clocksucker
  3. clocksuckers
  4. clocktime
  5. clocktimes
  6. clocktower
  7. clocktowers
  8. clockvine
  9. clockvines
  10. clockw.
  11. clockward

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