Tag: spire

spire[ˈspī(ə)r]NOUN

spires (plural noun)

Definition-

~a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower.

synonyms:

steeple · belfry · fleche · shikari

~the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins, especially in a tree of a tapering form.

“a long tapering object. “spires of delphiniums”

ORIGIN

Old English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant’ ; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass’.