watchtower
pronunciation
How to pronounce watchtower in British English:
UK [ˈwɒtʃtaʊə(r)]
How to pronounce watchtower in American English:
US [ˈwɑːtʃtaʊər]
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- Noun:
- an observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies
Word Origin
- watchtower (n.)
- also watch-tower, 1540s, from watch (v.) + tower (n.).
Example
- 1. Watchtower will guide you towhere he 's probably being held .
- 2. When will watchtower be up and running ?
- 3. Every few hundred metres along the great wall there is a watchtower .
- 4. The soldier stands in the watchtower every day .
- 5. And judah came to the wilderness watchtower and looked upon the multitude ; and there they were , fallen corpses on the ground , and no one escaped .