spired
7.5
Having a tall pointed top like a church roof
- adjective
- /spaɪrd/
:
con forma de aguja
- In the distance, the spired mountains looked majestic as the sun began to set.
Examples
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The church's spired tower was a stunning sight against the blue sky.
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The spired rooftops of the castle could be seen from miles away.
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In-fuckin'-spired.
Synonyms
conical
vsspired
5
4.8
A thing shaped like a party hat with a round base and a point
is a tapering tall top suggesting slender vertical form rather than even sided taper
cone-shaped
vsspired
4
2.8
Shaped like a cone
is a tapering tall top used for vertical building forms rather than base shapes
peaked
vsspired
1
3.9
A shape that rises to a sharp point, like a roof or tent
is a tapering tall top with a more slender vertical shape
pinnacled
vsspired
1
7.7
Something that has high pointed tops like small towers
is the plain tapering top shape without ornamental detail
coned
vsspired
1
4.4
Shaped like an ice cream cone, wide at one end and narrow at the other
is a tapering tall top focusing on a vertical apex rather than broad base
steepled
vsspired
6.1
A building with tall pointed towers like those on a church
is the general tapering top shape not specific to buildings
How Pointed
Surface Forms
spired positive
Morphology
Etymology
The word spired comes from spire, which once meant a 'sprout' or 'shoot' and later the tall 'pointed top' of a church. So something spired rises up and ends in a sharp point, like a steeple or a mountain summit.