What is the meaning of PINNACLE. Phrases containing PINNACLE
See meanings and uses of PINNACLE!Slangs & AI meanings
a conical piece of ice standing out prominently. Sealers use them as markers when they wish to leave any of their impedimenta or seals, so that they can be located easily on return; they were also used to tie vessels onto, for warping through the ice
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p. pr. & vb. n.
of Pinnacle
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One of turrets or pinnacles of waxwork and tapers with which the posts and center of a funeral hearse were formerly crowned.
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Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
imp. & p. p.
of Pinnacle
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Any slender, pointed object, like a needle, as a pointed crystal, a sharp pinnacle of rock, an obelisk, etc.
v. t.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
n.
High-pointed hill; a rocky pinnacle.
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The knot or bunch of foliage, or foliated ornament, that forms the upper extremity of a pinnacle in Gothic architecture; sometimes, the pinnacle itself.
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A pinnacle.
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Any boldly projecting sculptured ornament; esp., the ornamental termination of a pinnacle, and then synonymous with finial; -- called also knob, and knosp.
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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.
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