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tore [tú.ri.] : rook (n.); tower (n.)

Derivatives of tore


Glosses:
rook
n. (artifact)1. castle, rook(chess) the piece that can move any number of unoccupied squares in a direction parallel to the sides of the chessboard.
~ chess game, chessa board game for two players who move their 16 pieces according to specific rules; the object is to checkmate the opponent's king.
~ chess piece, chessmanany of 16 white and 16 black pieces used in playing the game of chess.
n. (animal)2. corvus frugilegus, rookcommon gregarious Old World bird about the size and color of the American crow.
~ corvine birdbirds of the crow family.
~ genus corvus, corvustype genus of the Corvidae: crows and ravens.
v. (social)3. bunco, con, defraud, diddle, gip, goldbrick, gyp, hornswoggle, mulct, nobble, rook, scam, short-change, swindle, victimizedeprive of by deceit.; "He swindled me out of my inheritance"; "She defrauded the customers who trusted her"; "the cashier gypped me when he gave me too little change"
~ short, short-changecheat someone by not returning him enough money.
~ cheat, rip off, chiseldeprive somebody of something by deceit.; "The con-man beat me out of $50"; "This salesman ripped us off!"; "we were cheated by their clever-sounding scheme"; "They chiseled me out of my money"
tower
n. (artifact)1. towera structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building.
~ barbacan, barbicana tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle).
~ beacon light, lighthouse, pharos, beacona tower with a light that gives warning of shoals to passing ships.
~ bell towera tower that supports or shelters a bell.
~ church towerthe tower of a church.
~ clock towera tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face.
~ cn towera tower in Toronto; 1815 feet tall for broadcasting widely.
~ control towera tower with an elevated workspace enclosed in glass for the visual observation of aircraft around an airport.
~ eiffel towera wrought iron tower 300 meters high that was constructed in Paris in 1889; for many years it was the tallest man-made structure.
~ high-rise, tower blocktower consisting of a multistoried building of offices or apartments.; "`tower block' is the British term for `high-rise'"
~ minaretslender tower with balconies.
~ mooring mast, mooring towera tower for mooring airships.
~ power pylon, pylona large vertical steel tower supporting high-tension power lines.; "power pylons are a favorite target for terrorists"
~ pylona tower for guiding pilots or marking the turning point in a race.
~ shot towertower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water.
~ siloa cylindrical tower used for storing silage.
~ space needlea tower 605 feet tall in Seattle; a tourist attraction.
~ spire, steeplea tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.
~ structure, constructiona thing constructed; a complex entity constructed of many parts.; "the structure consisted of a series of arches"; "she wore her hair in an amazing construction of whirls and ribbons"
~ supporting towera tower that serves to support something.
~ turreta small tower extending above a building.
~ watchtoweran observation tower for a lookout to watch over prisoners or watch for fires or enemies.
n. (shape)2. column, pillar, toweranything that approximates the shape of a column or tower.; "the test tube held a column of white powder"; "a tower of dust rose above the horizon"; "a thin pillar of smoke betrayed their campsite"
~ shape, formthe spatial arrangement of something as distinct from its substance.; "geometry is the mathematical science of shape"
~ columellaa small column (or structure resembling a column) that is a part of a plant or animal.
~ hoodoo(geology) a column of weathered and unusually shaped rock.; "a tall sandstone hoodoo"
n. (artifact)3. towboat, tower, tug, tugboata powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships.
~ boata small vessel for travel on water.
~ helmsteering mechanism for a vessel; a mechanical device by which a vessel is steered.
v. (stative)4. hulk, loom, predominate, towerappear very large or occupy a commanding position.; "The huge sculpture predominates over the fountain"; "Large shadows loomed on the canyon wall"
~ rear, rise, liftrise up.; "The building rose before them"