peak
/piːk/ noun B2- A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
- The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period. · The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.
- The top, or one of the tops, of a hill, mountain, or range, ending in a point. · They reached the peak after 8 hours of climbing.
- The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
- The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail. · peak-halyards· peak-brails
- The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
- The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.
- A local maximum of a function, e.g. for sine waves, each point at which the value of y is at its maximum.
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The peak of Monte Cristo reddened by the burning sun, was seen against the azure sky.
There was the sharp pinnacle of granite still cutting the lower edge of the moon, but its peak bore no trace of that silent and motionless figure.
The town where she had formerly passed some years of her life, and where they were now to spend a few days, was probably as great an object of her curiosity as all the celebrated beauties of Matlock, Chatsworth, Dovedale, or the Peak.
As we left the town of Banff, towering peaks of the Canadian Rockies surrounded us.
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