pinnacles in English

noun
1
a high, pointed piece of rock.
As we chugged along the vivid green Wuyang River towards Dragon King Gorge, thickly forested crags and pinnacles of rock rose high above.
verb
1
set on or as if on a pinnacle.
a rustic cross was pinnacled upon the makeshift altar

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1. Pinnacles were added above the parapet level.

2. Its form is octangular, having a strong Butment at each angle, surmounted with pinnacles.

3. Accipiter Nest Site Selection and Recreational Trail Use Effects at Pinnacles National Monument

4. Synonyms for Apices include climaxes, culmination, acmes, apogees, height, zeniths, peaks, pinnacles, summits and crowns

5. Synonyms for Apogees include acmes, apices, climaxes, crests, culmination, peaks, pinnacles, summits, zeniths and crowns

6. Synonyms for Apotheoses include pinnacles, acmes, zeniths, peaks, apices, summits, apogees, culmination, climaxes and height

7. Victorian Gothic at its most tracery-like, pinnacles and lancets, deep in a dell.

8. Along the Li River, row upon row of jutting limestone pinnacles impress visitors with their beauty.

9. At the base of the roof ran an open Balustrade, broken at intervals by the pinnacles which crowned the buttresses

10. However, innovative features such as buttresses, flying buttresses, rib vaulting, and pinnacles enabled builders to reach new heights.

11. In my little-boy mind, I saw the magnificent cliffs and towering stone pinnacles of that national park.

12. The park has over 2,000 natural stone Arches and hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive rock fins, and giant balanced rocks.

13. In scaffolds, pinnacles, and structures Cantilevers are generally found in development, eminently in cantilever extensions and overhangs (see corbel)

14. The park has over 2,000 natural stone Arches, in addition to hundreds of soaring pinnacles, massive fins and giant balanced rocks.

15. Without developing the emotions, it will be difficult for men to reach such pinnacles of the transcendent as the peak experience.

16. 28 Wycliffe tried to concentrate on the Wheel and to ignore the veritable forest of giant rock pinnacles with which they were surrounded.

17. Already the tragic discovery of a yellow-suited body among the pinnacles has led to furious and immoderate speculation in the national press.

18. Best known for the high concentration of Couloirs, the Sawtooths includes chutes ranging from short/easy, to long and steep – all tucked between spires and pinnacles.

19. For example, the term Archaising is appropriate for the 25 th and 26 th dynasties, which take inspiration from the pinnacles of Egyptian craftsmanship (the Old Kingdom, Middle Kingdom and the New Kingdom).

20. The tower and the subordinate transept and corner-towers were to have been crowned by a myriad of pinnacles and Arcaded screens, which would have given the building a highly active silhouette against the grey skies of Seattle

21. Mals in South Tyrol is situated on the heath land of Mals in Upper Vinschgau and belongs to the eldest settlements in the region. Even from afar, the age of the place becomes apparent and you will somehow have the feeling of travelling through time: the many different towers with pinnacles nearly all stem from different ages and all seem to tell their own story.