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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