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LEANING TOWER
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A tall round marble campanile in Pisa that is not perpendicular; construction was begun in 1174
Synonyms:
Leaning Tower; Leaning Tower of Pisa
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Instance hypernyms:
belfry; campanile (a bell tower; usually stands alone unattached to a building)
Holonyms ("Leaning Tower" is a part of...):
Pisa (a city in Tuscany; site of the famous Leaning Tower)