Definition of Pinnacle

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Pinnacle

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.

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Pinnacle Quotations

Jane Austen is the pinnacle to which all other authors aspire.
J. K. Rowling

I've been a very lucky guy. I played on championship teams. I played for Canada. I've won some awards and I'm very proud of those accomplishments. But I don't think there's anything greater than to come home and to be recognized at home. This is the pinnacle.
Bobby Orr

At an expense trifling indeed, compared to what she frequently spends upon unprofitable contests, she might place the moral world on a new foundation, and to rise the pinnacle of moral glory.
John Strachan

I have long believed that sacrifice is the pinnacle of patriotism.
Bob Riley

For a while I was on the cover of every Sports Illustrated swimsuit issue, which was regarded as the pinnacle of success in America.
Elle Macpherson

You have reached the pinnacle of success as soon as you become uninterested in money, compliments, or publicity.
Thomas Wolfe

I was at the pinnacle of my career one day and the next day I was put out to pasture. I felt like a race horse with a broken leg.
Jack Klugman

Pinnacle Translations

pinnacle in German is Gipfel, Zinne, Spitze

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