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pinnacle (enc)
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Pinnacle| Noun | 1. | pinnacle - (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of towerspire, steeple - a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use" | | | 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"degree, stage, level, point - a specific identifiable position in a continuum or series or especially in a process; "a remarkable degree of frankness"; "at what stage are the social sciences?" | | | 3. | pinnacle - a lofty peakcrest, summit, top, peak, tip, crown - the top point of a mountain or hill; "the view from the peak was magnificent"; "they clambered to the summit of Monadnock" | | | Verb | 1. | pinnacle - surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"surmount - be on top of; "The scarf surmounted the gown" | | | 2. | pinnacle - raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled" | |
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