From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishtower blockˈtower block noun [countable] British EnglishTBB a tall building containing apartments or offices SYN high-rise American English
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tower block• It is the withdrawal of this assurance that contributes to the widespread dissatisfaction with home life in a tower block.• And new cars shed their value faster than a Steinway falls from the top of a tower block.• Only from the windows of a derelict tower block squatted by women was there any deliberately hostile response.• Competition entrants are asked to look at how to transform the tower block typology into a new type of community. 