塔 — meaning in English

English meaning

• pagoda noun A Hindu temple.
• tower noun A tall, narrow structure, either standing alone or forming part of a larger building.

Senses

塔 is used for these senses in English:

• pagoda A religious building in South and Southeast Asia, especially a multi-storey tower erected as a Hindu or Buddhist temple. [from 16th c.]
• tower (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
• tower The sixteenth trump or Major Arcana card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.

pagoda — full definition

1. noun A Hindu temple.
2. noun A tall building in an Indian, Burmese, or Thai style erected at Hindu or Buddhist temples in South and Southeast Asia, a stupa surmounted with a high point.
3. noun A multi-storey tower in a Chinese style used in various contexts across East Asia and Nepal, usually with upturned curving roofs above each storey.
4. noun A unit of currency, a coin made of gold or half gold, issued by various dynasties and colonial powers in southern India.

tower — full definition

1. noun A tall, narrow structure, either standing alone or forming part of a larger building.
2. noun A strong source of support or protection.
3. verb To be much taller than the people or things nearby.

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