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English to English noun
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(architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower |  | source: wordnet30
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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development | | Example: 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
source: wordnet30
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a lofty peak | | source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913 verb
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surmount with a pinnacle | | Example: pinnacle a pediment
source: wordnet30
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raise on or as if on a pinnacle | | Example: He did not want to be pinnacled
source: wordnet30
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To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. | | source: webster1913
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