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noun
adj
noun
- a small tower extending above a building
- (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
- (machining, manufacturing) A turret head.
- (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- (gambling) The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.
- (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
- (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
- (historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
noun
- (architecture) A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
- A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
- A pepper shaker.
- (architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
- (firearms) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
noun
- A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
- a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
- A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
- A fortress at the end of a bridge.
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- a lofty peak
- (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- The highest point.
- (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
- (anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
- (dialect) A jerked underhand throw.
- The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
- the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- the loin and leg of a quadruped
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
- The verse form rondeau.
- (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
- A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
- A rondelle, (small) circular object.
- a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
verb
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
verb
noun
- a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
- (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
- (informal, derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
- (derogatory, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
- (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
- (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
- (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
- (informal, derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
verb
noun
- The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
- The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
- (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
- (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
- The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
- (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
verb
noun
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the center of a cambered road
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A watchtower.
- (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
- (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
- A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
noun
noun
- a small tower extending above a building
- (architecture) A little tower, frequently a merely ornamental structure at one of the corners of a building or castle.
- a self-contained weapons platform housing guns and capable of rotation
- (machining, manufacturing) A turret head.
- (electronics) A tower-like solder post on a turret board (a circuit board with posts instead of holes).
- (gambling) The central conical ornament atop a spinning roulette wheel.
- (rail transport) The elevated central portion of the roof of a passenger car, with sides that are pierced for light and ventilation.
- (military) An armoured, rotating gun installation on a fort, ship, aircraft, or armoured fighting vehicle.
- (historical, military) A siege tower; a movable building, of a square form, consisting of ten or even twenty stories and sometimes one hundred and twenty cubits high, usually moved on wheels, and employed in approaching a fortified place, for carrying soldiers, engines, ladders, casting bridges, and other necessaries.
noun
- (architecture) A tower capped by a cupola, looking similar to a giant pepper shaker.
- A buttress at one side of the court in the game of fives.
- A pepper shaker.
- (architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
- (firearms) A repeating firearm with three or more barrels grouped around a central axis.
noun
- A temporary wooden tower built for defensive purposes.
- a tower that is part of a defensive structure (such as a castle)
- An opening in the wall of a fortress through which the guns are levelled; a narrow loophole through which arrows and other missiles may be shot.
- A tower at the entrance to a castle or fortified town.
- A fortress at the end of a bridge.
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
verb
noun
verb
noun
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress or tower
- the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
- a lofty peak
- (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- The highest point.
- (architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
verb
noun
- (architecture) A squat vertical support structure.
- (anatomy) The area encompassing the upper thigh, hip and buttocks on one side of a human, primate, or quadruped animal, especially one that can sit on its hindquarters.
- (dialect) A jerked underhand throw.
- The loin and leg of a quadruped, especially when used as food.
- the hip and buttock and upper thigh in human beings
- the loin and leg of a quadruped
verb
noun
noun
- (historical) A small round tower erected at the foot of a bastion.
- The verse form rondeau.
- (historical) A long thin medieval dagger with a circular guard and a circular pommel (hence the name).
- A metric form of verse using two rhymes, usually fourteen 8- to 10-syllable lines in three stanzas, with the first lines of the first stanza returning as refrain of the next two.
- A rondelle, (small) circular object.
- a French verse form of 10 or 13 lines running on two rhymes; the opening phrase is repeated as the refrain of the second and third stanzas
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- an article giving opinions or perspectives
- a vertical array of numbers or other information
- a page or text that is vertically divided
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a vertical glass tube used in column chromatography; a mixture is poured in the top and washed through a stationary substance where components of the mixture are adsorbed selectively to form colored bands
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- a line of units following one after another
- any tubular or pillar-like supporting structure in the body
- (architecture) A solid upright structure designed usually to support a larger structure above it, such as a roof or horizontal beam, but sometimes for decoration.
- A body of troops or army vehicles, usually strung out along a road.
- A vertical line of entries in a table, usually read from top to bottom.
- (by extension) A recurring feature in a periodical, especially an opinion piece, especially by a single author or small rotating group of authors, or on a single theme.
- (botany) The gynostemium
- A body of text meant to be read line by line, especially in printed material that has multiple adjacent such on a single page.
- Something having similar vertical form or structure to the things mentioned above, such as a spinal column.
- (chemistry) An instrument used to separate the different components of a liquid or to purify chemical compounds.
- A unit of width, especially of advertisements, in a periodical, equivalent to the width of a usual column of text.
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a vertical cylindrical structure standing alone and not supporting anything (such as a monument)
- a fundamental principle or practice
- a prominent supporter
- (architecture) a tall vertical cylindrical structure standing upright and used to support a structure
- (bodybuilding) The body from the hips over the core to the shoulders.
- (figuratively) An essential part of something that provides support.
- Something resembling such a structure.
- (Roman Catholicism) A portable ornamental column, formerly carried before a cardinal, as emblematic of his support to the church.
- (geology) A vertical, often spire-shaped, natural rock formation.
- The centre of the volta, ring, or manege ground, around which a horse turns.
- (architecture) A large post, often used as supporting architecture.
verb
noun
- anything that approximates the shape of a column or tower
- a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
- a powerful small boat designed to pull or push larger ships
- A very tall open-framed structure on which communications devices are installed.
- A control tower.
- One who tows.
- (historical) A tall fashionable headdress worn in the time of King William III and Queen Anne.
- (cartomancy) The nineteenth Lenormand card, representing structure, bureaucracy, stability and loneliness.
- (collective) A group of giraffes.
- (cartomancy) The sixteenth named (trump or Major Arcana) card in many Tarot decks, usually deemed an ill omen.
- (figurative) A strong refuge; a defence.
- (glassblowing) A metal stand used as a pivot to support a punty at a furnace.
- (figuratively) An item of various kinds, such as a computer case, that is higher than it is wide.
- A similarly framed structure with a platform or enclosed area on top.
- A skyscraper.
- A tall, narrow structure (significantly taller than it is wide, either standing alone or forming part of a larger structure.
- (business) Each of a set of information technology concerns within a business, which are treated separately so that they can be handled by different providers.
verb
noun
- a cylindrical tower used for storing silage
- military installation consisting of an underground structure where ballistic missiles can be stored and fired
- (agriculture) A vertical building, usually cylindrical, used for the production of silage.
- (informal, derogatory, management) An organizational unit that has poor interaction with other units, negatively affecting overall performance.
- (derogatory, slang) A group of like-minded individuals who are not exposed to outside opinions or input.
- (computing) In Microsoft Windows operating systems, a kernel object for isolating groups of threads.
- (agriculture) From the shape, a building used for the storage of grain.
- (military) An underground bunker used to hold missiles which may be launched.
- (informal, derogatory, informatics) A structure in the information system that is poorly networked with other structures, with data exchange hampered.
verb
noun
- The lower portion of a high-rise building, typically of several storeys tall and acts as a foundation to the tower(s) above it.
- The masonry under the stylobate of a temple, sometimes a mere foundation, sometimes containing chambers.
- (sometimes proscribed) A stand used to hold notes when speaking publicly.
- (sports and other competitions) A steepled platform upon which the three competitors with the best results may stand when being handed their medals or prize.
- A platform on which to stand, as when conducting an orchestra or preaching at a pulpit; any low platform or dais.
- (sports) A result amongst the best three at a competition.
- The dwarf wall surrounding the arena of an amphitheatre, from the top of which the seats began.
- (botany, anatomy) A foot or footstalk.
- a platform raised above the surrounding level to give prominence to the person on it
verb
noun
- (architecture) A kind of spire or lantern formed by converging flying buttresses.
- The upper range of facets in a rose diamond.
- (firearms) A rounding or smoothing of the barrel opening.
- A whole bird with the legs and wings removed to produce a joint of white meat.
- (botany) The part of a plant where the root and stem meet.
- (UK) A standard size of printing paper measuring 20 × 15 inches.
- The highest part of a hill.
- (dentistry) A prosthetic covering for a tooth.
- (US) A standard size of writing paper measuring 19 × 15 inches.
- (old slang) The police (referring to Crown Victoria police cars).
- (clothing, monarchy) A royal, imperial or princely headdress; a diadem.
- (historical) A former predecimalization British coin worth five shillings.
- Splendor; culmination; acme.
- (religion) A round spot shaved clean on the top of the head, as a mark of the clerical state; the tonsure.
- The dome of a furnace.
- The raised centre of a road.
- (nautical) A knot formed in the end of a rope by tucking in the strands to prevent them from unravelling.
- (anatomy, dentistry) The part of a tooth above the gums.
- The topmost part of the head.
- Any currency (originally) issued by the crown (regal power) and often bearing a crown (headdress); (translation) various currencies known by similar names in their native languages, such as the korona, koruna, krona, króna, krone.
- (nautical) The rounding, or rounded part, of the deck from a level line.
- (geometry) The area enclosed between two concentric perimeters.
- (African-American Vernacular, colloquial) A formal hat worn by women to Sunday church services; a church crown.
- Imperial or regal power, or those who wield it.
- (by extension, especially in law) The state, the government (headed by a monarch).
- (forestry) The top of a tree.
- (nautical) The part of an anchor where the arms and the shank meet.
- (horology) The knurled knob or dial, on the outside of a watch case, used to wind it or adjust the hands.
- (metonymic) The sovereign (in a monarchy), as head of state.
- A wreath or band for the head, especially one given as reward of victory or a mark of honor.
- (chemistry) A monocyclic ligand having three or more binding sites, capable of holding a guest in a central location.
- The top section of a hat, above the brim.
- (by extension) Any reward of victory or mark of honor.
- The upper part of certain fruits, as the pineapple or strawberry, that is removed before eating.
- The highest part of an arch.
- (historical, by extension) A coin or note worth five shillings in various countries that are or were in the British Commonwealth, such as Ireland or Jamaica.
- (medicine) During childbirth, the appearance of the baby's head from the mother's vagina.
- the top or extreme point of something (usually a mountain or hill)
- an ornamental jeweled headdress signifying sovereignty
- an English coin worth 5 shillings
- the part of a hat (the vertex) that covers the crown of the head
- the top of the head
- a wreath or garland worn on the head to signify victory
- (dentistry) dental appliance consisting of an artificial crown for a broken or decayed tooth
- the center of a cambered road
- the award given to the champion
- the upper branches and leaves of a tree or other plant
- the part of a tooth above the gum that is covered with enamel
adj
verb
- (board games) In checkers, to stack two checkers to indicate that the piece has become a king.
- To hit on the head.
- To bestow something upon as a mark of honour, dignity, or recompense; to adorn; to dignify.
- To place a crown on the head of.
- (medicine) Of a baby, during the birthing process; for the surface of the baby's head to appear in the vaginal opening.
- To declare (someone) a winner.
- (video games) To shoot an opponent in the back of the head with a shotgun in a first-person shooter video game.
- (military) To effect a lodgment upon, as upon the crest of the glacis, or the summit of the breach.
- (nautical) To lay the ends of the strands of (a knot) over and under each other.
- (firearms) To widen the opening of the barrel.
- To form the topmost or finishing part of; to complete; to consummate; to perfect.
- Of a forest fire or bushfire, to spread to the crowns of the trees and thence move from tree to tree independent of the surface fire.
- To formally declare (someone) a king, queen, emperor, etc.
- (intransitive, slang) To be on the point of defecating.
- (transitive) To cause to round upward; to make anything higher at the middle than at the edges, such as the face of a machine pulley.
- be the culminating event
- put an enamel cover on
- invest with regal power; enthrone
- form the topmost part of
noun
adj
verb
noun
- A watchtower.
- (uncountable) Sentry duty; time spent being a sentry.
- (nautical) A form of drag to be towed underwater, which on striking bottom is upset and rises to the surface.
- A guard, particularly on duty at the entrance to a military base.
- An animal like a marmot tasked with alerting the pack to danger.
- a person employed to keep watch for some anticipated event
verb
noun
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
- The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
- A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
- (geometry) The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
- A sharp or tapering point.
- A spiral.
- (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
- One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
- (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.