Spire
noun
The sharp, pointed top part of something, especially a building.
The spire of the church could be seen from afar.
Often appears as...
- church spire
- tallest spire
noun
A slender, pointed growth or structure in plants or animals.
The spire of the snail's shell was delicately curved.
Often appears as...
- shell spire
- spire shape
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To rise or reach to a great height.
The tree spired into the blue sky.
Often appears as...
- spiring upwards
- spire into the sky
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
noun
The sharp, pointed top part of something, especially a building.
The spire of the church could be seen from afar.
Often appears as...
- church spire
- tallest spire
noun
A slender, pointed growth or structure in plants or animals.
The spire of the snail's shell was delicately curved.
Often appears as...
- shell spire
- spire shape
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To rise or reach to a great height.
The tree spired into the blue sky.
Often appears as...
- spiring upwards
- spire into the sky
Usage tips
Approving
Literary
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Visible Landmark
Spires serve as reference points in landscapes or cities due to their height.
The spire stood out against the skyline, guiding travelers.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Significance
Spires are often found on historic buildings, symbolizing aspiration and faith.
The medieval cathedral's spire has oversaw the city for centuries.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Feature
In architecture, a spire is a specific element that usually requires careful engineering to build.
The architect won an award for the innovative design of the spire.
Pro Tip 1/3Visible Landmark
Spires serve as reference points in landscapes or cities due to their height.
The spire stood out against the skyline, guiding travelers.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Significance
Spires are often found on historic buildings, symbolizing aspiration and faith.
The medieval cathedral's spire has oversaw the city for centuries.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Feature
In architecture, a spire is a specific element that usually requires careful engineering to build.
The architect won an award for the innovative design of the spire.
Pro Tip 1/3Visible Landmark
Spires serve as reference points in landscapes or cities due to their height.
The spire stood out against the skyline, guiding travelers.
Pro Tip 2/3Historic Significance
Spires are often found on historic buildings, symbolizing aspiration and faith.
The medieval cathedral's spire has oversaw the city for centuries.
Pro Tip 3/3Architectural Feature
In architecture, a spire is a specific element that usually requires careful engineering to build.
The architect won an award for the innovative design of the spire.
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Video examples
Face-to-Face with a Bear...
you I'm sure you'll continue to spire inspire many many others as well as myself and we'll definitely all be following your next moves and to Japan I think well and thank you all for tuning in to this live here we'll be back again with more fantastic inspiring speakers and scientists from all over the world
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Ghostly Yeti Crab Swarms...
include barnacles that protrude from rocks in a spire like fashion one spire covered Rock was nicknamed the carwash barnacle by researchers because it looked like the spinning cylinders found in a car wash they even spotted a colorless octopus one of the rarest
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Fascinating Termite...
so these spires and turrets are key elements in an air conditioning system of a near perfect mansion that has start walls to protect its inhabitants from the elements and from their enemies deep dungeons where they can gather
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Can we stop climate...
This will be an enormous undertaking. You could describe it as a cathedral project. Those involved at the outset may draft the plans and dig the foundations, but they will not raise the spire to its full height.
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This Small Satellite...
could be and really designed it didn't actually get to sit in it but they still started and for me that's what I think spires do now we're building a foundation because we see that someday humanity
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Extracting Water on Mars...
water is the essential ingredient to life as we know it everywhere we look water is where life is so that's why the mantra for Mars exploration has been the spire follow the water we know some of
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A brief history of goths...
from invading outsiders becoming kings to towering spires replacing solid columns to artists finding beauty in darkness. Each step has seen a revolution of sorts
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Diving with Hammerhead...
these volcanic spires and was mesmerised one final time by the pristine wonder of Coco's and it's helped the abundance of life
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Building the impossible:...
In the mid-1930s, two familiar spires towered above the morning fog. Stretching 227 meters into the sky,
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Arctic Geese Chicks Jump...
The back of the spire is a shorter drop.
Video examples
Face-to-Face with a Bear...
you I'm sure you'll continue to spire inspire many many others as well as myself and we'll definitely all be following your next moves and to Japan I think well and thank you all for tuning in to this live here we'll be back again with more fantastic inspiring speakers and scientists from all over the world
Video examples
Ghostly Yeti Crab Swarms...
include barnacles that protrude from rocks in a spire like fashion one spire covered Rock was nicknamed the carwash barnacle by researchers because it looked like the spinning cylinders found in a car wash they even spotted a colorless octopus one of the rarest
Video examples
Fascinating Termite...
so these spires and turrets are key elements in an air conditioning system of a near perfect mansion that has start walls to protect its inhabitants from the elements and from their enemies deep dungeons where they can gather
Video examples
Can we stop climate...
This will be an enormous undertaking. You could describe it as a cathedral project. Those involved at the outset may draft the plans and dig the foundations, but they will not raise the spire to its full height.
Video examples
This Small Satellite...
could be and really designed it didn't actually get to sit in it but they still started and for me that's what I think spires do now we're building a foundation because we see that someday humanity
Video examples
Extracting Water on Mars...
water is the essential ingredient to life as we know it everywhere we look water is where life is so that's why the mantra for Mars exploration has been the spire follow the water we know some of
Video examples
A brief history of goths...
from invading outsiders becoming kings to towering spires replacing solid columns to artists finding beauty in darkness. Each step has seen a revolution of sorts
Video examples
Diving with Hammerhead...
these volcanic spires and was mesmerised one final time by the pristine wonder of Coco's and it's helped the abundance of life
Video examples
Building the impossible:...
In the mid-1930s, two familiar spires towered above the morning fog. Stretching 227 meters into the sky,
Video examples
Arctic Geese Chicks Jump...
The back of the spire is a shorter drop.
Example 1 of 10
Quote examples
Bill Rancic
American Businessman
Dear Chicago, when I wake up in the morning and see your skyline - the terra cotta of the Wrigley Building, the height of the Willis Tower, the shiny sides of my beloved Trump Tower - I know I'm home. I feel a certain energy walking between your spires, but recognize that what makes you special to me is that my roots are here.
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Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.
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Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples.
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Jason Aaron
American Writer
Thor is a god who's lived in Asgard most all his life, but I think he still has a sense of awe and wonder about the place. I want us, as readers, to have that same sense of awe whenever we see, finally see, the golden spires of Realm Eternal.
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Clive Sinclair
British Author
Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.
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Rosamund Pike
British Actress
I decided to finish at Oxford because I looked up at the top of the buildings - the gargoyles and spires - and decided to stay.
Quote examples
Bill Rancic
American Businessman
Dear Chicago, when I wake up in the morning and see your skyline - the terra cotta of the Wrigley Building, the height of the Willis Tower, the shiny sides of my beloved Trump Tower - I know I'm home. I feel a certain energy walking between your spires, but recognize that what makes you special to me is that my roots are here.
Quote examples
Bjarke Ingels
Danish Architect
When I started studying architecture, people would say, you know, 'Can you tell me why are all modern buildings so boring?' Because, like, people had this idea that in the good old days, architecture had, like, ornament and little towers and spires and gargoyles, and today, it just becomes very practical.
Quote examples
Karl Philipp Moritz
German Author
Westminster Abbey, the Tower, a steeple, one church, and then another, presented themselves to our view; and we could now plainly distinguish the high round chimneys on the tops of the houses, which yet seemed to us to form an innumerable number of smaller spires, or steeples.
Quote examples
Jason Aaron
American Writer
Thor is a god who's lived in Asgard most all his life, but I think he still has a sense of awe and wonder about the place. I want us, as readers, to have that same sense of awe whenever we see, finally see, the golden spires of Realm Eternal.
Quote examples
Clive Sinclair
British Author
Deadwood lies at the northern tip of the Black Hills, where the land is ancient and rubbed smooth by time. The Black Hills are more rugged at their southern extremity, where bare granite forms pinnacles and spires.
Quote examples
Rosamund Pike
British Actress
I decided to finish at Oxford because I looked up at the top of the buildings - the gargoyles and spires - and decided to stay.
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