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Pinnacle

  1. noun

    (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower

  2. noun

    the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development

    his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty

    Similar: acme, height, elevation, peak, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top

  3. noun

    a lofty peak

Word family

pinnacled · pinnacling

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