clock tower


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Noun1.clock tower - a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside faceclock tower - a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face
tower - a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building
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Sonorous and startling came the stroke of 9 from the clock tower. The young man sighed again, turned his face for one last look at the house of his relinquished hopes--and cried aloud profane words of holy rapture.
The sun was just setting, and the Clock Tower and the Houses of Parliament rose against one of the most peaceful skies it is possible to imagine, a sky of gold, barred with long trans- verse stripes of reddish-purple cloud.
The clock tower boomed a brazen blast above his drooping head.
When the hospital was completed in October 1877, (5) the clock tower became the focal point of Worcester, which then had 175,000 residents.
The clock tower which can been seen today is the third tower to be built in Parliament's grounds.
Sleeping Bear Press (Chelsea, MI) continues the divestitutre of its publishing divisions with the sale of its Childrens's Division to Gale Group (Farmington Hills, MI) and its inventory of golf, sports and regional books to a new company, Clock Tower Press (Chelsea, MI).
KARACHI -- Acting American Consul General Darian Arky on Sunday expressed keen interest in the historical monument "Merewether Clock Tower" in Karachi and called it a great piece of art.
He said that non-functional lights of Chowk Clock Tower, Damdama and city's important roads were made functional in the first phase and now streetlights were being made functional in the second phase.
Rajabai Clock Tower, Mumbai: RajabaiTower-(Read-Only) Image Credit: Supplied