| NOUN | artifact | spire, steeple | a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top |
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| Sounds | spay'r | |
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| Rhymes | admire ... wire: 34 rhymes with ayr... | |
| Meaning | A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top. | |
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| Synonym | steeple | |
| Category | church service, church | A service conducted in a house of worship |
| Narrower | pinnacle | (architecture) a slender upright spire at the top of a buttress of tower |
| Broader | tower | A structure taller than its diameter |
| Spanish | aguja, campanario, chapitel | |
| Catalan | agulla, campanar, capitell, cuculla | |
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