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pinnacling Definition


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pinnacle
noun
    1. A slender spire crowning a buttress, gable, roof or tower.
    2. A rocky peak.
    3. A high point of achievement.
      Example: the pinnacle of her success
      Thesaurus: height, top, peak, apex, summit, zenith, acme, apogee.
verb pinnacled, pinnacling
    1. To be the pinnacle of something.
    2. To set something on a pinnacle.
    3. To provide something with a pinnacle or pinnacles.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin pinnaculum, diminutive of pinna feather.



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