Meaning of Spire | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The stalk or stem of a plant.
   archaic
2. One of the sinuous foldings of a serpent or other reptile; a coil.
3. A young shoot of a plant; a spear.
4. A spiral.
5. Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
6. The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole.
7. A sharp or tapering point.
8. A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof.
9. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
10. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.

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Examples

“Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire, and was breaking it to get⟳ the seeds.”

“A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face⟳ of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut⟳ sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.”

“This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have⟳ cut⟳ through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name⟳ Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands.”

“The spire of the church rose high above the town.”

“the spire and top of praises”

“A dragon's fiery form⟳ bely'd the god: Sublime on radiant spires he rode.”

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