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Eiffel

As noun

Alexandre Gustave [a-lek-sahn-druh gys-tav] /a lɛkˈsɑ̃ drə güsˈtav/ (Show IPA), –, French civil engineer and pioneer aerodynamic researcher

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This was not the Impossible—the Eiffel Tower, the Sydney Opera House—this was a walk above the LongHouse pond

Philippe Petit’s Moment of Concern Walking the WTC Tightrope Anthony Haden-Guest August ,

From Paris, there came a dispatch of a commemoration of the th anniversary of /, across from the Eiffel Tower

The Ways of American Memory Fouad Ajami September ,

In the last three weeks, the Eiffel Tower has been evacuated twice for bomb threats

How to Travel Safe Lauren Streib October ,

Today in Tokyo, beneath the Eiffel Tower, in Ghana's Black Star Square

Best of the Memorial Service The Daily Beast July ,

Historical Examples

He says they are higher than any building in Europe, except the Eiffel Tower

Diary of a Pilgrimage Jerome K

Jerome

The Eiffel Tower is in itself a gigantic lightning-conductor

Thunder and Lightning

Camille Flammarion

At the same time the wind was carrying me toward the Eiffel Tower

My Airships Alberto Santos-Dumont

The Eiffel Tower was my one danger, yet it was my winning-post!

My Airships Alberto Santos-Dumont

Returning from the Eiffel Tower I passed high above the skeleton

My Airships Alberto Santos-Dumont

The Eiffel Tower was not a gigantic monstrosity, a relic of the Exposition

Paris Vistas Helen Davenport Gibbons

British Dictionary definitions for Eiffel Expand

Eiffel

/ˈaɪfəl; French ɛfɛl/

As noun

Alexandre Gustave (alɛksɑ̃drə ɡystav)

–, French engineer

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Tower

As noun

a building or structure high in proportion to its lateral dimensions, either isolated or forming part of a building

such a structure used as or intended for a stronghold, fortress, prison, etc

any of various fully enclosed fireproof housings for vertical communications, as staircases, between the stories of a building

any structure, contrivance, or object that resembles or suggests a tower

a tall, movable structure used in ancient and medieval warfare in storming a fortified place

a tall, vertical case with accessible horizontal drive bays, designed to house a computer system standing on a desk or floor

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Aviation

control tower

As verb (used without object)

to rise or extend far upward, as a tower; reach or stand high:The skyscraper towers above the city

to rise above or surpass others:She towers above the other students

Falconry

(of a hawk) to rise straight into the air; to ring up

As Idioms

tower of strength, a person who can be relied on for support, aid, or comfort, especially in times of difficulty

Bedroom

As noun

a room furnished and used for sleeping

As adjective

concerned mainly with love affairs or sex:The movie is a typical bedroom comedy

sexually inviting; amorous:bedroom eyes

inhabited largely by commuters:a bedroom community

Decor

As noun

style or mode of decoration, as of a room, building, or the like:modern office décor; a bedroom having a Spanish décor

decoration in general; ornamentation:beads, baubles, and other décor

Theater

scenic decoration; scenery