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pinnacle

/ˈpɪnəkəl/

noun

Meaning

  • The highest point.

  • A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

  • An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

  • An upright member, 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.

verb

Meaning

  • To put something on a pinnacle.

  • To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.