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NOUN   an ivory tower | ivory towers
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tour {f} d'ivoire [fig.]ivory tower [fig.]
Keywords contained
se retrancher dans sa tour d'ivoireto shut oneself away in an ivory tower
Partial Matches
ivoire {m}ivory
géogr. Côte {f} d'IvoireIvory Coast
ethn. géogr. ivoirien {adj}of the Ivory Coast
arch. tour {f}tower
arch. clocher {m}bell tower
télécom. antenne-relais {f} de téléphonie mobile [station de base]cell tower
arch. clocher {m}church tower
arch. horl. tour {f} de l'horlogeclock tower
mil. naut. tourelle {f} [de sous-marin]conning tower
aviat. tour {f} de contrôlecontrol tower
constr. nucl. tour {f} de refroidissementcooling tower
arch. relig. tour {f} de la croisée du transeptcrossing tower
arch. Unesco VocVoy. tour {f} EiffelEiffel Tower
arch. tour {f} d'anglejunction tower
arch. hist. mil. tour {m} Martello [petite forteresse défensive britannique du tournant du xixe siècle]Martello tower
mines chevalement {m}shaft tower
hist. mil. tour {f} de siègesiege tower
constr. hist. mil. tour {f} [machine de guerre]siege-tower
arch. constr. tour {f} carréesquare tower
château {m} d'eauwater tower
mines chevalement {m}winding tower
mines tour {f} d'extractionwinding tower
se dresser (majestueusement)to tower [building, mountain]
dominer qc. [montagnes]to tower above sth.
dominer qc. [montagnes]to tower over sth.
surplomber qc.to tower over sth.
arch. immo. tour {f} d'habitationapartment tower [Am.]
arch. constr. immo. tour {f} [immeuble]tower block [Br.]
RadioTV tour {f} émettrice de radioradio (transmission) tower
bible ling. relig. tour {f} de BabelTower of Babel
s'élever au-dessus de qn./qc.to tower above sb./sth.
jaillir [s'élever] [clocher, immeuble, arbre] (au-dessus de qc.)to tower up (above sth.)
immo. tour {f} de vingt étagestwenty-storey tower [Br.]
immo. tour {f} de vingt étagestwenty-story tower [Am.]
être solide comme un rocto be a tower of strength
arch. constr. tour {f} carrée de 10 m de côté10m x 10m square tower
tour {f} panoramiquetower with a panoramic view
arch. géogr. tourisme la tour {f} (penchée) de Pisethe Leaning Tower of Pisa [also: the Tower of Pisa]
arch. géogr. tour {m} de LondresTower of London [also: His Majesty's Royal Palace and Fortress of the Tower of London]
arch. géogr. hist. tour {f} d'HerculeTower of Hercules [oldest extant lighthouse known, with an ancient Roman origin, on a peninsula near A Coruña, Galicia, Spain]
 
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