Steeple

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A tall tower forming the superstructure of a building, such as a church or temple, and usually surmounted by a spire.
  • n. A spire.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
  • n. A spire.
  • v. To form something into the shape of a steeple.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See spire.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A typically lofty structure attached to a church, town-house, or other public edifice, and generally intended to contain the bells of such edifice.
  • n. A lofty head-dress worn by women in the fourteenth century. See hennin.
  • n. A pyramidal pile or stack of fish set to dry. Also called pack. See the quotation under pack, 10 .
  • To rise above other buildings or objects as a steeple or a spire.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    tower   
    Variant
    spire   
    Hyponym
    pinnacle   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    spire   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spire    belfry    minaret    cupola    turret    pinnacle    buttress    façade    campanile    pagoda