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| pin·na·cle [ pínnək'l ] |
noun (plural pin·na·cles) |
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1. highest point: the highest or topmost point or level of something
  at the pinnacle of her career
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2. mountain peak: a natural peak, especially a distinctively pointed one on a mountain or in a mountain range
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3. architecture pointed ornament: a pointed ornament on top of a buttress or parapet
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transitive verb (past and past participle pin·na·cled, present participle pin·na·cling, 3rd person present singular pin·na·cles) |
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1. architecture add pinnacle to something: to provide something with a pinnacle
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2. put something on pinnacle: to put or set something on a pinnacle or on something resembling a top or peak
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| [13th century. Via French< late Latin pinnaculum, literally "little feather" < Latin pinna "feather"] |
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