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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower |
| Synonyms: | apex, blade, cone, peak, pinnacle, point, shoot, spear, sprout, stalk, steeple, summit, top |
| Notes: | a spire is the tall pointed roof of a tower or the tall pointed structure on top of a steeple; a steeple is the tower plus the spire |
| Main Entry: | belfry |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tower; part of tower |
| Synonyms: | bell tower, campanile, carillon, clocher, cupola, dome, head, minaret, spire, steeple, turret |
| Main Entry: | coil |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | curl around, entwine |
| Synonyms: | convolute, convolve, corkscrew, fold, intertwine, intervolve, lap, loop, make serpentine, rotate, scroll, sinuate, snake, spiral, spire, turn, twine, twist, wind, wrap around, wreathe, writhe |
| 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: | pinnacle |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | top, crest |
| Synonyms: | acme, apex, apogee, climax, cone, crown, culmination, greatest, height, max, most*, needle, obelisk, peak, pyramid, spire, steeple, summit, tops, tower, vertex, zenith |
| Antonyms: | base, bottom, nadir |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | stalk |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | stem of plant |
| Synonyms: | axis, bent, helm, pedicel, pedicle, reed, shaft, spike, spire, support, trunk, twig, upright |
| 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: | tower |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very high building or building part |
| Synonyms: | belfry, castle, citadel, cloud buster, column, fort, fortification, fortress, high rise, keep, lookout, mast, minaret, monolith, obelisk, pillar, refuge, skyscraper, spire, steeple, stronghold, turret |
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