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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024stee•ple /ˈstipəl/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- Architecturea tower having an ornamental top in the shape of a spire, built on a church, public building, etc.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stee•ple (stē′pəl),USA pronunciation n., v., -pled, -pling. n. - Architecturean ornamental construction, usually ending in a spire, erected on a roof or tower of a church, public building, etc.
- Architecturea tower terminating in such a construction.
- Architecture(loosely) a spire.
v.t. - to provide with or form into a steeple or steeplelike configuration.
- Middle English stepel steeple, tower, Old English stēpel tower. See steep1, -le bef. 1000
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