spire
noun/ˈspaɪə(r)/
/ˈspaɪər/
- a tall pointed structure on the top of a building, especially a church
- a magnificent view of the spires of the city
Oxford Collocations DictionarySpire is used after these nouns:- cathedral
Word OriginOld English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass’.Definitions on the go
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