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1 tower-block
noun (a very high block of flats, offices etc: They live in a tower-block.) stolpnica -
2 tower
1. noun(a tall, narrow (part of a) building, especially (of) a castle: the Tower of London; a church-tower.) stolp2. verb(to rise high: She is so small that he towers above her.) dvigati se v višino- towering- tower-block* * *I [táuə]nounstolp; trdnjava, utrjeno mesto, utrdba, kastel; history oblegovalni stolp; (šah) obsolete stolp, trdnjava; figuratively zaščita, obrambathe tower of strength figuratively močna opora; trdnjava, utrjena ječaII [táuə]intransitive verbdvigati se v višino, stolpičiti se, visoko se vzpenjati (to, up do); visoko, navpično leteti (ptica); dvigniti se; štrleti v višino; priti nadto tower above — dvigati se nad, dominirati
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tower block — tower blocks N COUNT A tower block is a tall building divided into flats or offices. [BRIT] ...a 23 storey tower block. (in AM, use high rise building, high rise) … English dictionary
tower block — n BrE a tall building containing apartments or offices American Equivalent: high rise … Dictionary of contemporary English
tower block — tower ,block noun count BRITISH a HIGH RISE building … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
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tower block — n. Brit. a high rise apartment or office building … English World dictionary
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tower block — noun tower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments tower block is the British term for high rise • Syn: ↑high rise • Hypernyms: ↑tower * * * noun Britain : a tall building (as a high rise apartment building) … Useful english dictionary
tower block — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms tower block : singular tower block plural tower blocks British a tall building with flats or offices on each floor. The American word is high rise … English dictionary
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tower block — noun Date: 1966 chiefly British a tall building (as a high rise apartment building) … New Collegiate Dictionary
tower block — /tow euhr/, Chiefly Brit. a high rise building. [1965 70] * * * … Universalium
