PINNACLE
\pˈɪnəkə͡l], \pˈɪnəkəl], \p_ˈɪ_n_ə_k_əl]\
Definitions of PINNACLE
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
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a lofty peak
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raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"
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surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"
By Princeton University
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(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
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a lofty peak
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raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
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To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
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To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
By Noah Webster.
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A small tower or turret above the rest of a building; a high point like a spire; the highest point; as, the pinnacle of fame.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
