Phrase guide

clock tower

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.

  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A tower, usually in a prominent position, having a large clock in a high position, often with several faces.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: architecture

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a tower with a large clock visible high up on an outside face

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: tower

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

30 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بُرْج سَاعَة (burj sāʕa) — tower having a large clock
  • Catalan: torre de rellotge — tower having a large clock
  • Danish: klokketårn — tower having a large clock
  • Dutch: klokkentoren — tower having a large clock
  • Finnish: kellotorni — tower having a large clock
  • French: tour de l'horloge — tower having a large clock
  • German: Uhrturm — tower having a large clock
  • Hebrew: מגדל שעון (migdal sha'on) — tower having a large clock
  • Hindi: घंटाघर (ghaṇṭāghar) — tower having a large clock
  • Hindi: धर्मघड़ी (dharmaghṛī) — tower having a large clock
  • Hungarian: óratorony — tower having a large clock
  • Indonesian: menara jam — tower having a large clock
  • Japanese: 時計台 (tokeidai) — tower having a large clock
  • Korean: 시계탑 (sigyetap) — tower having a large clock
  • Macedonian: саат-кула (saat-kula) — tower having a large clock
  • Polish: wieża zegarowa — tower having a large clock
  • Romanian: turn cu ceas — tower having a large clock
  • Russian: часова́я ба́шня (časovája bášnja) — tower having a large clock
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̏хат-ку́ла — tower having a large clock
  • Serbo-Croatian: са̀хат-ку́ла — tower having a large clock
  • Serbo-Croatian: sȁhat-kúla — tower having a large clock
  • Serbo-Croatian: sàhat-kúla — tower having a large clock
  • Spanish: torre del reloj — tower having a large clock
  • Swedish: klocktorn — tower having a large clock
  • Tamil: மணிக்கூடு (maṇikkūṭu) — tower having a large clock
  • Tamil: மணிக்கூண்டு (maṇikkūṇṭu) — tower having a large clock
  • Thai: หอนาฬิกา (hɔ̌ɔ-naa-lí-gaa) — tower having a large clock
  • Turkish: saat kule — tower having a large clock
  • Ukrainian: годинникова вежа (hodynnykova veža) — tower having a large clock
  • Vietnamese: tháp đồng hồ — tower having a large clock