All 5 Uses of
pinnacle
in
The Fellowship of the Ring
- It seemed to Frodo that he was lifted up, and passing over he saw that the rock-wall was a circle of hills, and that within it was a plain, and in the midst of the plain stood a pinnacle of stone, like a vast tower but not made by hands.†
Chpt 1.7 *
- They took me and they set me alone on the pinnacle of Orthanc, in the place where Saruman was accustomed to watch the stars.†
Chpt 2.2
- So it was that when summer waned, there came a night of moon, and Gwaihir the Windlord, swiftest of the Great Eagles, came unlooked-for to Orthanc; and he found me standing on the pinnacle.†
Chpt 2.2
- Frodo peering forward saw in the distance two great rocks approaching: like great pinnacles or pillars of stone they seemed.†
Chpt 2.9
- Westward he looked and saw the broad pastures of Rohan; and Orthanc, the pinnacle of Isengard, like a black spike.†
Chpt 2.10
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."