Clues for the word "SPIRE"

We've had 116 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 255 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mirror Daily crossword on April 03, 2026.

Definition of spire

v. i. - To breathe.
n. - A slender stalk or blade in vegetation; as, a spire grass or of wheat.
n. - A tapering body that shoots up or out to a point in a conical or pyramidal form. Specifically (Arch.), the roof of a tower when of a pyramidal form and high in proportion to its width; also, the pyramidal or aspiring termination of a tower which can not be said to have a roof, such as that of Strasburg cathedral; the tapering part of a steeple, or the steeple itself.
n. - A tube or fuse for communicating fire to the chargen in blasting.
n. - The top, or uppermost point, of anything; the summit.
v. i. - To shoot forth, or up in, or as if in, a spire.
n. - A spiral; a curl; a whorl; a twist.
n. - The part of a spiral generated in one revolution of the straight line about the pole. See Spiral, n.