| Main Entry: | belfry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower; part of tower |
Synonyms: |
bell tower, campanile, carillon, clocher, cupola, dome, head, minaret, spire, steeple, turret |
| Main Entry: | column |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pillar |
Synonyms: |
brace, buttress, caryatid, colonnade, cylinder, mast, minaret, monolith, monument, obelisk, pedestal, peristyle, pier, pilaster, post, prop, pylon, shaft, standard, stay, stele, support, totem, tower, underpinning, upright |
| Main Entry: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
Synonyms: |
belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret |
| Main Entry: | steeple |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
Synonyms: |
belfry, campanile, cupola, minaret, spire, turret, ziggurat |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
| Main Entry: | turret |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
Synonyms: |
belfry, lathe, minaret, spire, steeple |