barricade vs tower

barricade

noun
  • A barrier constructed across a road, especially as a military defence 

  • An obstacle, barrier, or bulwark. 

  • A place of confrontation. 

verb
  • to close or block a road etc., using a barricade 

  • to keep someone in (or out), using a blockade, especially ships in a port 

tower

noun
  • A strong refuge; a defence. 

  • The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen. 

  • A water tower. 

  • The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness. 

  • A very tall iron-framed structure, usually painted red and white, on which microwave, radio, satellite, or other communication antennas are installed; mast. 

  • A control tower. 

  • Any very tall building or structure; skyscraper. 

  • An interlocking tower. 

  • A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne. 

  • A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top, used as a lookout for spotting fires, plane crashes, fugitives, etc. 

  • One who tows. 

  • An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide. 

verb
  • To be high or lofty; to soar. 

  • To be very tall. 

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