'Pinnacle' definitions:
Definition of 'pinnacle'
(from WordNet)
noun
(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
noun
The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession" [syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]
noun
A lofty peak
verb
Surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"
verb
Raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"
Definition of 'Pinnacle'
From: GCIDE
- Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. & vb. n. Pinnacling.] To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T. Warton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Pinnacle'
From: GCIDE
- Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, n. [OE. pinacle, F. pinacle, L. pinnaculum, fr. pinna pinnacle, feather. See Pin a peg.]
- 1. (Arch.) 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. [1913 Webster]
- Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. [1913 Webster]
- Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster]
- The slippery tops of human state, The gilded pinnacles of fate. --Cowley. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'pinnacle'
From: Easton
- Pinnacle a little wing, (Matt. 4:5; Luke 4:9). On the southern side of the temple court was a range of porches or cloisters forming three arcades. At the south-eastern corner the roof of this cloister was some 300 feet above the Kidron valley. The pinnacle, some parapet or wing-like projection, was above this roof, and hence at a great height, probably 350 feet or more above the valley.
Synonyms of 'pinnacle'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acme,
- acme of perfection,
- all,
- antenna tower,
- apex,
- apogee,
- barbican,
- belfry,
- bell tower,
- brow,
- campanile,
- cap,
- ceiling,
- climax,
- cloud nine,
- colossus,
- column,
- consummation,
- crest,
- crown,
- culmen,
- culmination,
- cupola,
- derrick,
- dome,
- edge,
- end,
- extreme,
- extreme limit,
- extremity,
- fire tower,
- heaven,
- heavens,
- height,
- high noon,
- highest degree,
- highest pitch,
- highest point,
- hilltop,
- knoll,
- lantern,
- last word,
- lighthouse,
- limit,
- lofty peak,
- martello,
- martello tower,
- mast,
- maximum,
- meridian,
- minaret,
- monument,
- mountaintop,
- ne plus ultra,
- no place higher,
- noon,
- nth degree,
- obelisk,
- observation tower,
- pagoda,
- peak,
- perfection,
- pic,
- pico,
- pike,
- pilaster,
- pillar,
- pink,
- pink of perfection,
- pitch,
- point,
- pole,
- precipice,
- pylon,
- pyramid,
- ridge,
- seventh heaven,
- shaft,
- sky,
- skyscraper,
- spire,
- spur,
- standpipe,
- steeple,
- stupa,
- summit,
- television mast,
- the whole,
- tip,
- tip-top,
- top,
- tope,
- tor,
- tour,
- tower,
- turret,
- ultimate,
- upmost,
- upper extremity,
- uppermost,
- utmost,
- utmost extent,
- uttermost,
- vertex,
- very top,
- water tower,
- windmill tower,
- zenith