An iron tower built in 1889 on the Champ de Mars beside the Seine River in Paris; a global icon of France and one of the most recognizable structures in the world.

A person who supplies strong and reliable support, especially in difficult times.

(Zoroastrianism) A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary; a dakhma.

(architecture) A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.

A tower in which a bell (or set of bells) is hung; a belfry.

A short sturdy round masonry fort, especially one constructed at various coastal points in the British Empire during the Napoleonic Wars.

A tower that sits on a small islet located in the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey.

(rail transport, US) A building or room that houses controls for switches.

A structure made of bars on a motorboat to which a wakeboard can be attached.

Either of a pair of structures built on each side of a river or harbour mouth from which defensive chains were raised or lowered