Steeple

What do we mean by steeple?

A tower rising above the roof of a building, especially as a church or temple, and usually surmounted by a spire. noun

A spire. noun

To rise above other buildings or objects as a steeple or a spire.

A typically lofty structure attached to a church, town-house, or other public edifice, and generally intended to contain the bells of such edifice. noun

A lofty head-dress worn by women in the fourteenth century. See hennin. noun

A pyramidal pile or stack of fish set to dry. Also called pack. See the quotation under pack, 10 . noun

A spire; also, the tower and spire taken together; the whole of a structure if the roof is of spire form. See spire. noun

See Rood tower, under Rood. noun

A low shrub (Spiræa tomentosa) having dense panicles of minute rose-colored flowers; hardhack. noun

A race across country between a number of horsemen, to see which can first reach some distant object, as a church steeple; hence, a race over a prescribed course obstructed by such obstacles as one meets in riding across country, as hedges, walls, etc. noun

One who rides in a steeple chase; also, a horse trained to run in a steeple chase. noun

A vertical back-acting steam engine having the cylinder beneath the crosshead. noun

A church. noun

A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire. noun

A spire. noun

To form something into the shape of a steeple. verb

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

A tall tower, often on a church, normally topped with a spire.

A spire.

A high headdress of the 14th century.

Words that are spelled similarly to steeple:
steeple, sheeple, steele, steeply, stemple, teeple.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word steeple:
weathervane, belfry, spire, langford, vestibule, ashton, octagonal, bells, aisles, nave, aston, steeplechase, stained, tallest, barton, rectory, gabled, portico, chancel, arched, aisle, grange, lightning, rises, rebuilt, chase, tower, repaired, blown, facade, gothic, projecting, bell, clock, roof, porch, topped, romanesque, church, congregation, arches, dorset, turret, bays, openings, landmark, erected, interior, presbyterian, consecrated, gable, parish, slate, vicar, exterior, ceiling, wooden, collapsed, torn, tall, altar, cathedral, windows, atop, essex, entrance, chapel, height, sanctuary, dome, feet, damaged, jason, methodist, compound, corner, added, episcopal, brick, restored, baptist, glass, organ, carved, removed, destroyed, demolished, revival, rising, hurricane, angle, window, stands, decorated, walls, reconstruction, visible, copper, struck, register.

Words that rhyme with steeple:
people, creeple, sheeple, lepal, sepal, laypeople, tepal, businesspeople, peepul, salespeople, townspeople, spanish people, spokespeople, craftspeople, congresspeople, common people, flower people, irish people, french people, british people, teeple, chosen people, free people, english people, slavic people, swiss people, a people, plain people, chairpeople, seiple, sheep hill, steep hill.

Adjectives that are often used to describe steeple:
tall, white, high, old, lofty, wooden, small, little, highest, pointed, distant, fine, gothic, slender, handsome, beautiful, graceful, central, foot, ordinary, octagonal, low, present, neighbouring, original, tallest, ancient, famous, elegant, sharp, slim, gray, red, grey, western, huge, thin, squat, pyramidal, dark, neighboring, curious, church, modest, tiny, like, magnificent, conical, shaped, bulbous, massive, crooked, nearby, prominent, broken, airy, quaint, green, covered, delicate, empty, occasional, stately, baroque, adjacent, lordly, gilded, familiar, noble, nearest, truncated, impressive, unfinished, spired, square, narrow, windy, solitary.

Nouns that are often described by the adjective steeple:
jack, chasing, house, chase, bush, aston, bell, head, hill, climber, morden, chases.

Consonant match to steeple:
staple, stipple, stipel, stopple, stapel, stoppel, steep hill, step whole, steppel.

Words that sound like steeple:
steeple, steep hill, staple, stipple, stapel, stopple, stoppel, stipel, stable, stubble, steeples, stabil, steepled, stauble, stibel, steeping, stabile, steepish, supple, stapler, staples, sepal, stapled, siple, stupa, estoppel, sipple, steepen, stopa, siebel, stemple, stiefel, stippled, cipal, stempel, steepy, souple, seipel, strapple, stipples, stipule, cepal, sapele, cbl, estopple, stopping, stepping, stoping, stooping, stuping, stowell, simple, steel, steal, sample, snapple, sable, stables, sible, steele, stal, spel, steap, simpl, scapel, sibyl, seeable, cible, simpel, stabler, semple, sibel, cybil, stabled, sobel, sibal, sepa, sibil, steagall, cybele, sabal, scapple, stachel, scopal, ski pole, sayable, schiphol, seibel, sobol, sipa, ceol, stackpole, steagle, cibil, staffel, stambul, citable, estable, setubal, statal.