Pinnacle

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  • noun. A small turret or spire on a roof or buttress.
  • noun. A tall pointed formation, such as a mountain peak.
  • noun. The highest point; the culmination. synonym: summit.
  • transitive verb. To furnish with a pinnacle.
  • transitive verb. To place on or as if on a pinnacle.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To put a pinnacle or pinnacles on; furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
  • To place on or as on a pinnacle.
  • noun. A sharp point or peak; the very topmost point, as of a mountain.
  • noun. 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.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
  • transitive verb. To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The highest point.
  • noun. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  • noun. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
  • verb. to put something on a pinnacle
  • verb. to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
  • noun. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
  • noun. a lofty peak
  • verb. raise on or as if on a pinnacle
  • verb. surmount with a pinnacle
    • Word Usage
    "In the new theology this celestial pinnacle is occupied by The Market, which I capitalize to signify both the mystery that enshrouds it and the reverence it inspires in business folk."
    Antonyms
    Words with the opposite meaning
    nadir  
    cross-reference
    apex  peak  summit  
    Form
    pinnacled  pinnacling  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    bring up  crest  crown  degree  elevate  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    clinical  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    bastion  battlements  bluff  boulder  buttress  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    acme  acme of perfection  all  antenna tower  apex  
    verb-form
    pinnacled  pinnacles  pinnacling  
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