Spire

SPIRE

-noun

1. also called: steeple . a tall structure that tapers upwards to a point, especially one on a tower or roof or one that forms the upper part of a steeple

2. a slender tapering shoot or stem, such as a blade of grass

3. the apical part of any tapering formation; summit

-verb

4. (intr.) to assume the shape of a spire; point up

5. (trans.) to furnish with a spire or spires

-noun

1. any of the coils or turns in a spiral structure

2. the apical part of a spiral shell

Piercing clouds

A spire

A shard