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tower house

tower house noun: a tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation.

tower house: a tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation
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Noun

tower house (plural tower houses)

  1. A tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation.

Forms of tower house

pluraltower houses

Questions about tower house

What does tower house mean?
Tower house means a tall, fortified stone building intended for habitation.
What part of speech is tower house?
Tower house is a noun.
What is the plural of tower house?
The plural of tower house is tower houses.

Words near tower house in the dictionary

  1. tower cranes
  2. tower defence
  3. tower defense
  4. Tower Hamlets
  5. Tower Hill
  6. tower house
  7. tower houses
  8. tower ladder
  9. tower ladders
  10. Tower musket
  11. Tower muskets

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