Definizione monolingua

spire

spire (third-person singular simple present spires, present participle spiring, simple past and past participle spired)

1. (intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.

spire (plural spires)

1. A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
2. 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 in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
3. A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
4. The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

Definizione dizionario spire

	guglia
	tapering body
	Elemento architettonico a forma di piramide o di cono posto a coronamento di una struttura (porta, facciata, terra ecc.), molto usato nell'architettura gotica.
	Architectural element in the shape of a pyramid or cone crowning a structure (door, front, ground, etc.), much used in Gothic architecture.

cima

pinnacolo

punta

spirale

Altri significati:

The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.

(intransitive, obsolete) To breathe.

top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit

crown (of head)

A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.

A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.

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 in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.