tower of silence (English, noun)
expansion: tower of silence (plural towers of silence)
Senses:
topics: Zoroastrianism
lifestyle
religion
glosses: A low, cylindrical, open-topped tower where Zoroastrians place the bodies of deceased people to disintegrate from exposure and consumption by carrion birds such as vultures, the remaining bones being kept in an ossuary.
Forms:
form: towers of silence
tags: plural