An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
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.
To put something on a pinnacle.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
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.
Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; - opposed to nadir.
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.
An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.
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.
To put something on a pinnacle.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
The point in the sky vertically above a given position or observer; the point in the celestial sphere opposite the nadir.
The highest point in the sky reached by a celestial body.
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.
Anything resembling a pinnacle; a lofty peak; a pointed summit.
To build or furnish with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
That point in the visible celestial hemisphere which is vertical to the spectator; the point of the heavens directly overhead; - opposed to nadir.
hence, figuratively, the point of culmination; the greatest height; the height of success or prosperity.