English to English
pinnacle
('p/I/n/@/k/@/l
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noun (n)
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower(noun.artifact)source: wordnet30
- a lofty peak(noun.location)source: wordnet30
- 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)source: webster1913
verb (v)
- surmount with a pinnacle(verb.stative)Example:
Pinnacle a pediment.
source: wordnet30 - raise on or as if on a pinnacle(verb.motion)Example:
He did not want to be pinnacled.
source: wordnet30 - To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.(verb)source: webster1913