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shot tower

shot tow·er
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shot tou-er]
    • /ʃɒt ˈtaʊ ər/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [shot tou-er]
    • /ʃɒt ˈtaʊ ər/

Definitions of shot tower words

  • noun shot tower a tower from the top of which finely divided streams of molten lead are dropped down a central well, breaking up into spherical drops during their fall to be quenched and hardened in a tank of water at the bottom. 1
  • noun shot tower a building formerly used in the production of shot, in which molten lead was graded and dropped from a great height into water, thus cooling it and forming the shot 0

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Origin of shot tower

First appearance:

before 1810
One of the 40% newest English words
First recorded in 1810-20

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Parts of speech for Shot tower

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

shot tower popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 51% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

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