pinnacle

Noun

pinnacle (plural pinnacles)

1. The highest point.
   • Synonyms: acme, peak, summit
   • Antonym: nadir
2. (geology) A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.
   • Coordinate term: sea stack
3. (figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
   • Synonyms: see apex
4. (architecture) 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

pinnacle (third-person singular simple present pinnacles, present participle pinnacling, simple past and past participle pinnacled)

1. (transitive) To place on a pinnacle.
2. (transitive) To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.

Anagrams

• pannicle