Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A tower containing a clock, usually with a large dial exposed in each of the four walls.
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Examples
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She passes the public square where the clock-tower stands.
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The Tim Burton-esque dark designs include a pin-up surrounded by poker chips posed below the Hollywood sign, and the Queen of Hearts and the White Rabbit hanging onto a clock-tower decorated with skulls both € 155.
Fashion Ties the Knot Christina Passariello 2011
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I think it is important to include the clock-tower scene in the movie because most of New Moon deals with emotion - this scene adds suspense and action, which would make the film adaptation that more entertaining.
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I was able to get my bearings by using the school's most prominent landmark, the campus clock-tower, to guide me back.
The Rainbow Clockwerkz Hugh Barlow 2012
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His lectures were polished over decades: he always ended within seconds of the stroke of the clock-tower next door.
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His lectures were polished over decades: he always ended within seconds of the stroke of the clock-tower next door.
Japanology…. 2009
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His lectures were polished over decades: he always ended within seconds of the stroke of the clock-tower next door.
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His lectures were polished over decades: he always ended within seconds of the stroke of the clock-tower next door.
Japanology…. 2009
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For New Year's Eve, he makes clock-tower sculptures that look like inverted cathedrals that count down to midnight and then automatically dispense an elixir.
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The teacher would appear above his students like a saint in a niche or a figurine in a monumental clock-tower.
Remnant of a Humanist Past Malik Kaylan 2008
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