Spire
21spire — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English spīr; akin to Middle Dutch spier blade of grass Date: before 12th century 1. a slender tapering blade or stalk (as of grass) 2. the upper tapering part of something (as a tree or antler) ;… …
22spire — UK [ˈspaɪə(r)] / US [ˈspaɪr] noun [countable] Word forms spire : singular spire plural spires the pointed top of a church tower or other building …
23spire — I. /ˈspaɪə / (say spuyuh) noun 1. a tall, tapering structure, generally an elongated, upright cone or pyramid, erected on a tower, roof, etc. 2. such a structure forming the upper part of the steeple, or the whole steeple. 3. a tapering, pointed… …
24Spire — * Ik hebb nig ne Spire kregen. – Dähnert, 448b. Ich habe nicht das Geringste davon bekommen. Spire ist eigentlich ein Hälmlein von Gras oder Getreide, dann eine Kleinigkeit von andern Dingen …
25SPIRE — s. f. T. de Géom. Il se dit quelquefois de La ligne spirale en général ; et plus exactement d Un seul de ses tours. SPIRE, en Architecture, se dit de La base d une colonne, en tant que la figure ou le profil de cette base va en serpentant …
26spire — noun a) A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat. b) A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Architecture), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high… …
27Spire — Recorded in many forms including Spir, Spire, Spiring, Spirett, and Spirit (English), Sapir, Shapiro, Spira, Spira, Spirer (German and Ashkenasic), this is or rather was, a surname of medieval origins. It has two possible sources. The first is a… …
28spire — noun Spire is used after these nouns: ↑cathedral …
29spire — aspire conspire inspire leptospire respire spire transpire …
30spire — [[t]spa͟ɪ͟ə(r)[/t]] spires N COUNT The spire of a building such as a church is the tall pointed structure on the top. Syn: steeple …
