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How to pronounce “spire”

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Pronunciation guide for spire

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of spire with real speech in context.
Available examples
8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
The Inside Story of Notre-Dame’s Incredible ReconstructionNobody notices the smoke rising from the spire of the cathedral.
Definition summary
(now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant. [from 10th c.]

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How to pronounce spire

The Inside Story of Notre-Dame’s Incredible Reconstruction

Nobody notices the smoke rising from the spire of the cathedral.

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “spire”

Meaning

  • [Noun]
  • (now rare) The stalk or stem of a plant. [from 10th c.]
  • A young shoot of a plant; a spear. [from 14th c.]
  • Any of various tall grasses, rushes, or sedges, such as the marram, the reed canary-grass, etc.
  • A sharp or tapering point. [from 16th c.]
  • (architecture) A tapering structure built on a roof or tower, especially as one of the central architectural features of a church or cathedral roof. [from 16th c.]
  • The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit. [from 17th c.]
  • (mining) A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the charge in blasting.
  • [Verb]
  • (of a seed, plant etc.) to sprout, to send forth the early shoots of growth; to germinate. [from 14th c.]
  • To grow upwards rather than develop horizontally. [from 14th c.]
  • (transitive) To furnish with a spire.

Practice Nearby Words

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