pinnacle : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: pinnacle	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for pinnacle
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pinnacle n (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower 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" Synonym(s): acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top a lofty peak v surmount with a pinnacle; "pinnacle a pediment" raise on or as if on a pinnacle; "He did not want to be pinnacled"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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. Some renowned metropolis With glistering spires and pinnacles around. --Milton. 2. Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit. Three silent pinnacles of aged snow. --Tennyson. The slippery tops of human state, The gilded pinnacles of fate. --Cowley.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Pinnacle \Pin"nacle\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pinnacled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pinnacling}.] To build or furnish with a pinnacle* or pinnacles. --T. Warton.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Pinnacle, NC Zip code(s): 27043
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Pinnacle a little wing, (Matt. 4:5; Luke 4:9). On the southern side of the temple court was a range of porches or cloisters forming three arcades. At the south-eastern corner the roof of this cloister was some 300 feet above the Kidron valley. The pinnacle, some parapet or wing-like projection, was above this roof, and hence at a great height, probably 350 feet or more above the valley.