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   spire

   /ˈspʌɪə/

   noun

   • 1. a tapering conical or pyramidal structure on the top of a building, typically a church tower.
   • ▪ the continuation of a tree trunk above the point where branching begins, especially in a tree of a tapering form.
   • ▪ a long tapering object: "spires of delphiniums"

   Word Origin Old Englishspīr ‘tall slender stem of a plant’; related to German Spier ‘tip of a blade of grass’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. spired adjective
   • 2. spiry adjective

   Scrabble Points: 7

   • S

     1

   • P

     3

   • I

     1

   • R

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   • E

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