towery

tow·er·y

T t

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [tou-uh-ree]
- /ˈtaʊ ə ri/
- /toˈɜːi/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [tou-uh-ree]
- /ˈtaʊ ə ri/

Definitions of towery word

adjective towery having towers: a towery city. 1
adjective towery very tall; lofty: towery oaks. 1
adjective towery with towers 0
adjective towery having towers; towered 0
adjective towery towering; high; lofty 0

See all 5 definitions of towery

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Origin of towery

First appearance:

before 1605

One of the 40% oldest English words

First recorded in 1605-15; tower1 + -y1

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Parts of speech for Towery

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Towery

towery popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 62% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Antonyms for towery

adjective towery

dwarfed — a person of abnormally small stature owing to a pathological condition, especially one suffering from cretinism or some other disease that produces disproportion or deformation of features and limbs.

Just one Antonym for towery