English pronunciation · Words Starting with T
Tower Pronunciation
Tower is pronounced TOW-er, IPA /ˈtaʊɝ/.
TOW-er
US /ˈtaʊɝ/
Syllables: TOW · er (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun and verb: A tall narrow building or structure, or to rise far above something.
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Tower in a Sentence
- The water tower is visible from the motorway.
- He towers over everyone in the photograph.
- Scaffolding went up around the clock tower in May.
Common Mispronunciations of Tower
Not TOH-er
An ow of cow opens this word, which is what keeps tower apart from the person who tows a car.
Not TAWR
Two beats live here, TOW and er, and squeezing them into one gives the word tore.
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