steeple
Plural: steeples
Noun
- A tall, tapering structure crowning a church tower.
- a tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top
- A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
- A spire.
- A high headdress of the 14th century.
Verb
- To form something into the shape of a steeple.
Examples
- He steepled his fingers as he considered the question.
- The word STEEPLE, fitting perfectly, soared his score like a church spire.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English stepel, from Old English stīpel, stȳpel, stīepel (“tower, steeple”), from Proto-West Germanic *staupil, from Proto-Germanic *staupilaz (“that which is steep, tower, steeple”), equivalent to steep + -le. Cognate with Old Norse stǫpull (“tower, steeple”).
Synonyms
Scrabble Score: 9
steeple: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordsteeple: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
steeple: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 11
steeple: valid Words With Friends Word