SIGNAL TOWER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does signal tower mean? 

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

1. a building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIGNAL TOWER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A building from which signals are sent to control the movements of railway trains

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

signal box; signal tower

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

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Domain region:

Britain (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)