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Example Sentences
Main Entry:
spire
[
spahy
uh
r
]
/
spaɪ
ə
r
/
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Part of Speech:
Main Entry:
spire
Part of Speech:
Main Entry:
spire
Part of Speech:
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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Example Sentences
The showy lantern tower of the tallest
spire
glowed with a nighttime torch when the king was in.
The church has no
spire
and little architectural drama.
At the foot of the architectural cross rises a graceful
spire
sixty feet high, surmounted by a double cross.
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The showy lantern tower of the tallest
spire
glowed with a nighttime torch when the king was in.
The church has no
spire
and little architectural drama.
At the foot of the architectural cross rises a graceful
spire
sixty feet high, surmounted by a double cross.
The murals of the marble and granite lobby were restored, and the stainless steel eagles and
spire
regained their glint.
The final ecstatic leap of the
spire
is no afterthought but is implicit almost from the sidewalk.
There are far easier ways of attaching a decorative
spire
to the top of a building.
COLLAPSE
Main Entry:
spire
Part of Speech:
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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