control tower

noun

a glass-enclosed, elevated structure for the visual observation and control of the air and ground traffic at an airport.
Also called tower.

Origin of control tower

First recorded in 1915–20

Words nearby control tower

control room, control stick, control surface, control survey, control syringe, control tower, control unit, control variable, controllable-pitch, controlled, controlled experiment

Example sentences from the Web for control tower

  • The three men left the control-tower office under the watchful eyes of a squad of Space Marines.

    Treachery in Outer Space |Carey Rockwell and Louis Glanzman

British Dictionary definitions for control tower

control tower

noun

a tower at an airport from which air traffic is controlled