shot towers

A form of shot tower — A tall building in which droplets of molten lead fall into a pool of water in order to form lead shot.

Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

noun
  1. pluralplural of shot tower
Cite this entry
APA

shot towers. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20towers

MLA

“shot towers.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20towers. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “shot towers,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/shot%20towers.

Source: shot towers on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.