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Noun pinnacle has 3 senses
- pinnacle - (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower
--1 is a kind of steeple, spire
- acme, height, elevation, peak, pinnacle, summit, superlative, top - the highest level or degree attainable; "his landscapes were deemed the acme of beauty"; "the artist's gifts are at their acme"; "at the height of her career"; "the peak of perfection"; "summer was at its peak"; "...catapulted Einstein to the pinnacle of fame"; "the summit of his ambition"; "so many highest superlatives achieved by man"; "at the top of his profession"
--2 is a kind of degree, level, stage, point
- pinnacle - a lofty peak
--3 is a kind of peak, crown, crest, top, tip, summit
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