noun
- a tall, pointed structure on top of a building, especially a church tower
- a tapering pointed part or formation
verb
- to rise or extend upward in a tapering manner
Examples
- The church spire could be seen from miles away.
- Lightning struck the cathedral’s tall spire during the storm.
- The mountain’s rocky spires pierced the clouds.
- Ice formed delicate spires on the frozen lake.
- The skyscraper seemed to spire endlessly into the sky.
- Pine trees spire upward in the dense forest.