башня — meaning in English

English meaning

• cupola noun A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
• tower noun A tall, narrow structure, either standing alone or forming part of a larger building.

Senses

башня is used for these senses in English:

• cupola (military, railroad) A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
• tower (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.

cupola — full definition

1. noun A dome-shaped ornamental structure located on top of a larger roof or dome.
2. noun A small turret, usually on a hatch of an armoured fighting vehicle.
3. noun An upward-projecting mass of plutonic rock extending from a larger batholith.
4. noun A solid formed by joining two polygons, one (the base) with twice as many edges as the other, by an alternating band of isosceles triangles and rectangles.

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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