Pinnacle
Pin´na`cle
| n. | 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. |
| 2. | Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. |
| Noun | 1. |  pinnacle - (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower |
| 2. | pinnacle - the highest level or degree attainable; "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" | |
| 3. | pinnacle - a lofty peak | |
| Verb | 1. | pinnacle - surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment" |
| 2. | pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" |