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Definitions for Spire

[1] a tall, acutely pointed pyramidal roof or rooflike construction upon a tower, roof, etc.
[2] a similar construction forming the upper part of a steeple.
[3] a tapering, pointed part of something; a tall, sharp-pointed summit, peak, or the like: the distant spires of the mountains.
[4] the highest point or summit of something: the spire of a hill; the spire of one's profession.
[5] a sprout or shoot of a plant, as an acrospire of grain or a blade or spear of grass.
[6] to shoot or rise into spirelike form; rise or extend to a height in the manner of a spire.
[7] a coil or spiral.
[8] one of the series of convolutions of a coil or spiral.
[9] Zoology . the upper, convoluted part of a spiral shell, above the aperture.
[10] Also called: steeple a tall structure that tapers upwards to a point, esp one on a tower or roof or one that forms the upper part of a steeple
[11] a slender tapering shoot or stem, such as a blade of grass
[12] the apical part of any tapering formation; summit
[13] (intr) to assume the shape of a spire; point up
[14] (tr) to furnish with a spire or spires
[15] any of the coils or turns in a spiral structure
[16] the apical part of a spiral shell

Words related to Spire

steeple, shoot, pinnacle, spear, point, apex, sprout, top, blade, summit, stalk, peak, cone

Words nearby Spire

spiral-bound, spiralize, spiralizer, spirant, spirantize, spire, spirea, spired, spirelet, spireme, spires

Origin of Spire

21565–75; < Latin spīra < Greek speîra; see spiral

Words that may be confused with Spire

spire, steeple

Other words from Spire

spire·less , adjective
un·spir·ing , adjective
spire·less , adjective

Word origin for Spire

C16: from Latin spīra a coil, from Greek speira

Synonyms for Spire

steeple, apex, blade, cone, peak, pinnacle, point, shoot, spear, sprout, stalk, summit, top