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Meaning of tornis | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR C1 Standard
[ˈtūɔ̄ɾnis]

Definitions

  1. tower (tall, cylindrical or similarly shaped structure in a building)
  2. tank, silo (large vertical building used to store grain)
  3. rook (chess piece shaped like a castle tower)

Equivalents

العربية صومعة
Bosanski ambar šilo silo амбар
Català sitja
Čeština silo
Ελληνικά σιλό
English rook Silo tank tower
Español cilla silo
فارسی سیلو
Français silo
Galego celeiro
Hrvatski ambar šilo silo амбар
Bahasa Indonesia silo
Italiano silo
日本語 サイロ
한국어 사일로
Kurdî sîlo
Македонски силос
Nederlands graansilo
Polski silos
Português silo
Română siloz
Српски ambar silo šilo амбар
Svenska silo
Türkçe Görür silo
中文 筒倉
ZH-TW 筒倉

Examples

“baznīcas, pils tornis”

church, castle tower

“skatu, novērošanas tornis”

observation tower

“ugunsdzēsēju tornis”

fire tower

“televīzijas tornis”

television tower

“cietokšņa tornis”

fortress tower

“vadības tornis”

control tower

“koka, tērauda tornis”

wooden, steel tower

“dzelzsbetona tornis”

reinforced concrete tower

“torņa augša”

top of the tower

“torņa pulkstenis”

tower clock

“skābbarības tornis”

silo (lit. silage tower)

“iesaistīt torni spēlē”

to involve, employ the rook in the game

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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