pinnacle
[ pin-uh-kuhl ]
/ ˈpɪn ə kəl /
noun
a lofty peak.
the highest or culminating point, as of success, power, fame, etc.: the pinnacle of one's career.
any pointed, towering part or formation, as of rock.
Architecture.
a relatively small, upright structure, commonly terminating in a gable, a pyramid, or a cone, rising above the roof or coping of a building, or capping a tower, buttress, or other projecting architectural member.
verb (used with object), pin·na·cled, pin·na·cling.
to place on or as on a pinnacle.
to form a pinnacle on; crown.
Origin of pinnacle
1300–50; Middle English
pinacle < Middle French < Late Latin
pinnāculum gable, equivalent to Latin
pinn(a) raised part of a parapet, literally, wing, feather (see
pinna) +
-āculum; see
tabernacle
SYNONYMS FOR pinnacle
Words nearby pinnacle
pinkster,
pinky,
pinky bar,
pinna,
pinnace,
pinnacle,
pinnate,
pinnati-,
pinnatifid,
pinnation,
pinnatipartite
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British Dictionary definitions for pinnacle
pinnacle
/ (ˈpɪnəkəl) /
noun
the highest point or level, esp of fame, success, etc
a towering peak, as of a mountain
a slender upright structure in the form of a cone, pyramid, or spire on the top of a buttress, gable, or tower
verb (tr)
to set on or as if on a pinnacle
to furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles
to crown with a pinnacle
Word Origin for pinnacle
C14: via Old French from Late Latin
pinnāculum a peak, from Latin
pinna wing