noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a church spire/steeple (= a church tower with a pointed top )
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The tall church spires could be seen from far away.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
gothic
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This replaced the Gothic spire of the old St Nicholas' in the 18C.
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This plywood structure has grown bigger and bigger, and he has even carved gothic spires on its top.
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It eschewed the Gothic spire and mediaeval internal arrangements.
■ NOUN
church
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A church spire rising at the centre of town.
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He walked past the helicopter pad and along a sandy road that led toward the church spires .
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We were shown a bullet-ridden orb, lying on the ground, that had once decorated the church spire .
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At the town center were two low church spires of oxidized copper surmounted by twin crosses.
■ VERB
see
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It was like a dream come true to see the spires and the river.
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From the hill they could see the spires of the city....
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Bird watchers would thoroughly enjoy the unvisited lake at Carambolim, from which you can just see the spires of old Goa.
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After a mile he came out on a road and saw the spire of the Lutheran church of Ellrich Village ahead of him.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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All these cathedrals were intended to have many towers surmounted by spires.
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Between the towering rows of spires lies a low valley up to a few miles wide.
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But the most arresting feature is the amazing spire of Meall Mheadhonach at the other end of the ridge.
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Few of the towers, apart from the western ones, were built and even fewer spires.
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Shrimp slip into the sample chamber just as the spire tumbles over.
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The canyon walls, rock formations and spires on the rim looked surreal, like a backdrop in a movie set.
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The dreaming spires had etched themselves deeply on my imagination.
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The elegant spring spires of delphiniums are perhaps the truest of the blues.