Both Uses of
pinnacle
in
The Hobbit
- He was sitting, black in the moonlight, on the top of a lonely pinnacle of rock at the eastern edge of the mountains.†
Chpt 6
- The morning was cool, and mists were in the valleys and hollows and twined here and there about the peaks and pinnacles of the hills.†
Chpt 7 *
Definition:
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(pinnacle) the highest pointin various senses, including:
- the best stage of development -- as in "I met her at the pinnacle of her success."
- a high pointed rock formation or mountain peak -- as in "The eagle circled the rocky pinnacle."
- a pointed tower at the top of a building -- as in "With the pinnacle, it is the highest building in the city."