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Definition of spire noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

spire

noun
 
/ˈspaɪə(r)/
 
/ˈspaɪər/
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  1. a tall pointed structure on the top of a building, especially a church
    • a magnificent view of the spires of the city
    Topics Religion and festivalsc1, Buildingsc1
    Oxford Collocations DictionarySpire is used after these nouns:
    • cathedral
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    Word OriginOld English spīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass’.
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