Watchtower

Watch′towˊer

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Noun.

A tower in which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies, the approach of danger, or the like.

Watchtower

WATCHTOWER

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Noun.

[watch and tower.] A tower on which a sentinel is placed to watch for enemies or the approach of danger.

Watchtower

See also: watchtower and watch-tower

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watchtower

See also: Watchtower and watch-tower

English

Noun

watchtower ‎(plural watchtowers)

An observation tower in which a lookout keeps watch over prisoners, or looks out for fires, etc.

Translations

observation tower

Arabic:
Armenian:
Catalan: talaia (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 崗樓 (zh), 岗楼 (zh) ‎(gǎnglóu), 望樓 (zh), 望楼 (zh) ‎(wànglóu)
Esperanto: gardoturo
Finnish: vartiotorni
French: tour de guet (fr) f
Georgian:
German: Wachturm (de)
Greek: σκοπιά (el) f ‎(skopiá), παρατηρητήριο (el) n ‎(paratiritírio)
Hungarian: őrtorony (hu)
Igbo: ugẹle
Italian: torre di guardia f
Japanese: 望楼 ‎(ぼうろう, bōrō)

Maori: pūhara, pūwhara
Mongolian: харуул (mn) ‎(haruul)
Norwegian Bokmål: vakttårn n
Polish: strażnica f
Portuguese: torre de observação f
Russian: сторожева́я ба́шня (ru) ‎(storoževája bášnja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: stražarnica (sh) f, stražara (sh) f
Spanish: atalaya (es) f
Swedish: vakttorn n
Tagalog: atalaya, banayaban
Thai:
Tibetan:
Turkish: gözlem kulesi
Vietnamese:

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Webster 1913 Edition

Watchtower

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Watchtower

WATCHTOWER

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watchtower

watchtower

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