Associations to the word «Steeple»

Wiktionary

STEEPLE, noun. A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.
STEEPLE, noun. A spire.
STEEPLE, verb. (transitive) To form something into the shape of a steeple.
STEEPLE ENGINE, noun. A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead.

Dictionary definition

STEEPLE, noun. A tall tower that forms the superstructure of a building (usually a church or temple) and that tapers to a point at the top.

Wise words

Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne