pinnacle
IPA: pˈɪnʌkʌɫ
noun
- The highest point.
- (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
- (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
- (architecture) 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
- (transitive) To place on a pinnacle.
- (transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
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Examples of "pinnacle" in Sentences
- The height of the mast is to the pinnacle.
- The pinnacle is at the middle of the story.
- The emperor was at the pinnacle of Han society.
- The duo represents the pinnacle of comedy in Nepal.
- It is the pinnacle of the classic Malay civilization.
- The height of the tower is to the top of the pinnacles.
- Traditionally, the monarch was the pinnacle of the state.
- The pinnacle of the pagoda is adorned with a large crystal.
- It is considered one of the pinnacles of the romantic repertoire.
- At the top of the tower between the pinnacles is a stepped parapet.