Noun

The distance from the base of something to the top.

* Robert Frost

Happiness makes up in height for what it lacks in length.

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The vertical distance from the ground to the highest part of a standing person or animal (withers in the case of a horse).

The highest point or maximum degree.

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(Sussex) An area of land at the top of a cliff.

Noun

(en noun)

The highest point.

A tall, sharp and craggy rock or mountain.

(figuratively) An all-time high; a point of greatest achievement or success.

(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.

* Milton

Some renowned metropolis / With glistering spires and pinnacles around.