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US
/ˈpɪnəkəɫ/
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[ UK /pˈɪnəkəl/ ]
[ UK /pˈɪnəkəl/ ]
NOUN
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the highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
at the height of her career
the peak of perfection
his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty
at the top of his profession
summer was at its peak
...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame
so many highest superlatives achieved by man
the summit of his ambition
the artist's gifts are at their acme - a lofty peak
- (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
VERB
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raise on or as if on a pinnacle
He did not want to be pinnacled -
surmount with a pinnacle
pinnacle a pediment
How To Use pinnacle In A Sentence
- With the floor of the channel shallowing from 200 metres to 60 metres and at the same time a rock pinnacle, like a finger, rising up from the sea bed to 29 metres from the surface, there is no surprise that the whirlpool was once described as a 'conflux so dreadful that it spurns all description. Found While Looking for Something Else
- Of the gambling – booths there was a plentiful show, flourishing in all the splendour of carpeted ground, striped hangings, crimson cloth, pinnacled roofs, geranium pots, and livery servants. Nicholas Nickleby
- Not Age but Youth of centuries smiles from gray walls and aery pinnacles upon the joyous children of To-day. The Invader A Novel
- In connection with an item of Ru ware of the Northern Song dynasty, for instance, which many connoisseurs regard as one of the absolute pinnacles of Chinese ceramic art, the author of the pertinent catalogue entry states that certain qualities of shape and decoration “make it incredibly rare even within this exceptional group.” Archive 2009-08-01
- Thackeray said the BJP had touched the pinnacle of success under Vajpayee's leadership and lamented that some ambitious leaders in the party were eyeing his place.
- Troops may be moved on to a castle wall, rocky pinnacle or other elevation including a Spiral Stair.
- Conical spires on top support pinnacles that enabled the towers to obtain the coveted height record.
- On my fourth dive of the week, I rounded an outcrop at about 22m to be greeted by a view of a series of rocky pinnacles covered in gorgonians bathed in the rubescent sunlight of a late-autumn afternoon.
- There are some wonderful pinnacles in both groups, with the best diving and healthiest coral to be found on the seaward side of each.
- pinnacle a pediment