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 (Arch.), 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.
The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
An elongated, pointed structure that rises from a tower, turret, or roof
Structure in form of tall cone or pyramid tapering and rising above tower of church.
a tall, pyramidal, polygonal, or conical structure rising from a tower, turret, or roof (usually of a church) and terminating in a point
The pointed top of a tower, taking the form of an elongated pyramid or cone
A tall conical structure on top of a church tower. Salisbury Cathedral has one of the tallest. Chesterfield Parish Church has a twisted one.
Any slender, pointed erection, surmounting a building.
the tapering termination of a tower.
A tower of roof tapering up to a point.
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
A sharply pointed pyramidal structure surmounting a tower.
a tall pyramid or cone-like structure built on a tower
A slender elongated hip roof to (usually, a church) tower tapering to an acute point, either timber framed and clad, or stone. Types include: broach (octagonal. rising from a square base) needle (very thin) or crown (with legs or flying buttresses at corners).
a tall and narrow rock formation, resembling a steeple.
A vertically oriented tower, often seen in pairs, in a church design.
The pyramidal structure soaring from a tower or roof a church.
Conical construction on top of a tower
A tall, tapering, acutely pointed roof to a tower, as in the top of a steeple.
A pointed structure topping a tower or steeple.
A spire is a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, particularly a church tower. Etymologically, the word is derived from Anglo-Saxon, so it is related to "spear," rather than the Romance languages and "spirit."