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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

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

2. the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development;
- Example: "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"
- Example: "the artist's gifts are at their acme"
- Example: "at the height of her career"
- Example: "the peak of perfection"
- Example: "summer was at its peak"
- Example: "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
- Example: "the summit of his ambition"
- Example: "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"
- Example: "at the top of his profession"
[syn: acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top]

3. a lofty peak;


VERB (2)

1. surmount with a pinnacle;
- Example: "pinnacle a pediment"

2. raise on or as if on a pinnacle;
- Example: "He did not want to be pinnacled"



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, n. [OE. pinacle, F. pinacle, L.
   pinnaculum, fr. pinna pinnacle, feather. See Pin a peg.]
   1. (Arch.) 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.
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            Some renowned metropolis
            With glistering spires and pinnacles around.
                                                  --Milton.
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   2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed
      summit.
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            Three silent pinnacles of aged snow.  --Tennyson.
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            The slippery tops of human state,
            The gilded pinnacles of fate.         --Cowley.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Pinnacle \Pin"na*cle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Pinnacled; p. pr. &
   vb. n. Pinnacling.]
   To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles. --T.
   Warton.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

pinnacle
    n 1: (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a
         buttress of tower
    2: the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of
       development; "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" [syn: acme, height,
       elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative,
       meridian, tiptop, top]
    3: a lofty peak
    v 1: surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment"
    2: raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be
       pinnacled"