spire
/ˈspaɪ.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.11 in modern English
7
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
Example Sentences
- "Clara had pulled a button from a hollyhock spire, and was breaking it to get the seeds."
- "A beech wood with silver firs in it rolled down the face of the hill, and the maze of leafless twigs and dusky spires cut sharp against the soft blueness of the evening sky."
- "This park’s strange and beautiful rock formations were formed by the Yellowstone River and various streams that have cut through the rock over millions of years, carving out hoodoos, spires and caprocks. The name Makoshika comes from a Lakota word for badlands."
- "The spire of the church rose high above the town."
- "the spire and top of praises"
- "In gentle Ladies breste and bounteous race / Of woman kind it fayrest Flowre doth spyre, / And beareth fruit of honour and all chast desyre."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈspaɪ.ɚ/
- British English: /spaɪə/