Search Result for "ivory tower":
Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place;
- Example: "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"
- Example: "they viewed universities as ivory towers"



WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ivory tower
    n 1: a state of mind that is discussed as if it were a place;
         "he lived in the ivory tower of speculation"; "they viewed
         universities as ivory towers"