1. (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower 
2. The highest level or degree attainable; the highest stage of development
   "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"
   - acme, height, elevation, peak, summit, superlative, meridian, tiptop, top 
3. A lofty peak

1. Surmount with a pinnacle
   "pinnacle a pediment" 
2. Raise on or as if on a pinnacle
   "He did not want to be pinnacled"

Derived forms: pinnacles, pinnacling, pinnacled

Type of: bring up, crest, crown, degree, elevate, get up, level, lift, peak, point, raise, spire, stage, steeple, summit, surmount, tip, top

Encyclopedia: Pinnacle Pinnacle, North Carolina

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