Edifice and Tower

Edifice

Edifice noun - A large, magnificent, or massive building.

Usage example: the U.S. Capitol is one of our nation's most impressive edifices

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Tower and edifice are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Tower" instead a noun "Edifice".

Nearby Word: edification

Tower noun - A large, magnificent, or massive building.

Usage example: a hill from which one can gaze upon the towers of that great and historic city

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Edifice and tower are semantically related. You can use "Edifice" instead a noun "Tower".

Nearby Words: towering, towered

entire	entire edifice	entire tower
massive	massive edifice	massive tower
large	large edifice	large tower
huge	huge edifice	huge tower
Other adjectives: ominous, vast, flying, titular, giant, floating.

Although the edifice in question isn't technically a tower, it is still a high building and Johanna is still, for all intents and purposes, locked away from the outside world.

Source: Girl in the Tower
They got to Water Tower Place, which was one of the only (if not the only) edifice to survive the Great Chicago Fire.

Source: Hard To Light Fire
Guy de Maupassant was known to eat in the restaurant in the Eiffel Tower daily, and when asked why he replied that it was the only place in Paris where he could eat without having to look at the edifice.

Source: It Will Never Catch On / Real Life

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