Definitions
a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
Word origin
From Middle English spire, spyre, spier, spir, from Old English spīr, from Proto-Germanic *spīrō, *spīrǭ (“peak; point; tip; stalk”). Cognate with Dutch spier, German Low German Spier, German Spier, Spiere, Danish spir, Norwegian spir and spire, Swedish spira, Icelandic spíra.
Used in a sentence
“Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire, and was breaking it to get the seeds.”
“A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky.”
“The spire of the church rose high above the town.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Tapering church tower”5 letters
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