PINNACLE

Pinnacle

A pinnacle is an architectural ornament originally forming the cap or crown of a buttress or small turret, but afterwards used on parapets at the corners of towers and in many other situations. The pinnacle looks like a small spire. It was mainly used in Gothic architecture.

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pinnacle

Noun

  1. The highest point.
  2. A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
  3. An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
  4. An upright member, 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.

Verb

  1. to put something on a pinnacle
  2. to build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles


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