pinnacle
has definitions from the fields of architecture,mathematics
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[ noun ] (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
Used in print (Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)Square corner - and gate_posts were an open-work pattern of cast-iron foliage ; they were topped by steeples complete in every detail : high_pitched roof , pinnacle , and narrow gable . Related terms |
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[ verb ] raise on or as if on a pinnacle
Examples : "He did not want to be pinnacled" Related terms |
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[ noun ] the highest level or degree attainable
Examples : "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty" "at the height of her career" "the peak of perfection" "summer was at its peak" the pinnacle of fame" "the summit of his ambition" |
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