A high rock; a pile of rocks, gen. on the top of a hill; a rocky peak; a hill. In proper names of eminences or rocks in Cornwall, Devon, Peak of…

A natural feature forming a peak; esp. a mountain peak; a pointed or projecting rock or outcrop. Also: a promontory, a spit of land.

A peak, a summit; a projection or ledge of rock.

A tall, slender, sharp-pointed summit, peak, rock, or column.

Any of various structures tapering to a point; spec. †(a) the upright pole of a tent (obsolete); †(b) a spike on which to fix a candle (cf. pricket…

A sharply pointed rock. Chiefly in plural in the names of particular formations, such as that to the west of the Isle of Wight or (now rare) those…

A tall vertical structure of stone, brick, wood, metal, etc., usually narrow in proportion to its height, used either as a support for a…

a sharply pointed rock (cf. sense 10); also figurative.

A slender, sharply-pointed peak of rock, esp. in the Alps.

An isolated peak of rock projecting above the surface of inland ice. Cf. pingo, n., rognon, n. 2.

Originally and chiefly North American. A column or pinnacle of rock shaped by weathering, typically in arid regions, and often having a cap of…