Pinnacle

Definition:

  • (n.) 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.
  • (n.) Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
  • (v. t.) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Compare pinnacle with other words:

pinnacle vs. pinnacled

pinnace vs. pinnacle

binnacle vs. pinnacle

apotheosis vs. pinnacle

coral vs. pinnacle

acne vs. pinnacle

culminate vs. pinnacle

cone vs. pinnacle

exceptional vs. pinnacle

pinnacle vs. tip

apogee vs. pinnacle

pinnacle vs. principal

acme vs. pinnacle

needle vs. pinnacle

peak vs. pinnacle

pinnacle vs. summit

gable vs. pinnacle

nadir vs. pinnacle

pinnacle vs. spire

buttress vs. pinnacle

high vs. pinnacle

member vs. pinnacle

apex vs. pinnacle

pinnacle vs. zenith