Pinnacle

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Architecture A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.
  • n. A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
  • n. The highest point; the culmination. See Synonyms at summit.
  • v. To furnish with a pinnacle.
  • v. To place on or as if on a pinnacle.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. The highest point.
  • n. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  • n. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
  • v. to put something on a pinnacle
  • v. to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. An architectural member, upright, and generally ending in a small spire, -- used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire, and the like. Pinnacles may be considered primarily as added weight, where it is necessary to resist the thrust of an arch, etc.
  • n. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
  • v. To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A sharp point or peak; the very topmost point, as of a mountain.
  • n. In architecture, any relatively small structure (of whatever form, but commonly terminating in a cone or a pyramid) that rises above the roof or coping of a building, or caps a projecting architectural member, such as a buttress.
  • To put a pinnacle or pinnacles on; furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
  • To place on or as on a pinnacle.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
  • n. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
  • n. a lofty peak
  • v. raise on or as if on a pinnacle
  • v. surmount with a pinnacle
  • Antonym
    nadir   
    Verb Form
    pinnacled    pinnacles    pinnacling   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    point    level    degree    stage    spire    steeple    peak    crown    summit    crest   
    Cross Reference
    apex    peak    summit   
    Form
    pinnacled    pinnacling   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    turret    peak    height    apex   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    clinical   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spire    crag    summit    buttress    turret    ledge    rampart    pillar    pyramid    ridge