SHOT TOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does shot tower mean? 

• SHOT TOWER (noun)
  The noun SHOT TOWER has 1 sense:

1. tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water

  Familiarity information: SHOT TOWER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SHOT TOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tower of a kind once used to make shot; molten lead was poured through a sieve and dropped into water

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("shot tower" is a kind of...):

tower (a structure taller than its diameter; can stand alone or be attached to a larger building)