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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | edge |
| Synonyms: | angle, apex, corner, end, flap, fold, horn, peak, point, tip, tooth |
| Main Entry: | apex |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, high point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apogee, climax, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, greatest, height, max, maximum, meridian, most*, ne plus ultra, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, sublimity, summit, tip, tops, up there, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | nadir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | end |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | extreme, limit |
| Synonyms: | borderline, bound, boundary, butt end, confine, cusp, deadline, edge, extent, extremity, foot, head, heel, limitation, neb, nib, point, prong, spire, stub, stump, tail, tail end, term, terminal, termination, terminus, tip, top, ultimate |
| Antonyms: | beginning, cause, foundation, origin |
| Main Entry: | height |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | altitude, top part |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, brow, ceiling, crest, crown, cusp, elevation, extent, highness, hill, loftiness, mountain, peak, pinnacle, pitch, prominence, rise, solstice, stature, summit, tallness, tip, tiptop, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | bottom, depth, lowness |
| Main Entry: | point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sharp end, top, end of extension |
| Synonyms: | apex, awn, barb, beak, bill, cape, claw, cusp, dagger, foreland, head, headland, jag, nib, pin point, prick, prickler, promontory, prong, snag, spike, spine, spire, spur, sticker, stiletto, summit, sword, thorn, tine, tip, tooth |
| Notes: | the stylus, or point, of a record player is held by the cartridge; the base of the turntable is called the deck |
| Antonyms: | bluntness, dullness |
| Main Entry: | tip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very top |
| Synonyms: | apex, cap, crown, cusp, edge, end, extremity, head, nip, peak, point, stub, summit, tiptop, vertex |
| Antonyms: | bottom, nadir |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | highest point |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, cap, capital, ceiling, climax, cork, cover, crest, crown, culmination, cusp, face, fastigium, finial, head, height, high point, lid, limit, maximum, meridian, peak, pinnacle, point, roof, spire, stopper, summit, superficies, surface, tip, utmost, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, foot, lowest, nadir |
| Main Entry: | turning point |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | critical juncture |
| Synonyms: | axis, change, climacteric, climax, contingency, crisis, critical mass, critical moment, critical period, critical point, crossing, crossroads, crucial moment, crucial occurrence, crucial period, crunch, crux, culmination, cusp, decisive moment, defining moment, development, emergency, exigency, high noon, hinge, juncture, kairotic moment, moment of truth, moment of truth, nexus, pass, peak, peripeteia, pinch, pivot, pivotal moment, point of no return, race against time, rising action, shift, strait, transition, turn of the tide, twist, when push comes to shove, zero hour, zero hour |
| Main Entry: | wedge |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | solid piece, often triangular |
| Synonyms: | block, chock, chunk, cleat, cotter, cusp, keystone, lump, prong, quoin, shim, spire, taper |
| Antonyms: | whole |
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