peak

¹peak

noun \ˈpēk\

Definition of PEAK

1

: a pointed or projecting part of a garment; especially : the visor of a cap or hat

2

: promontory

3

: a sharp or pointed end

4

a (1) : the top of a hill or mountain ending in a point (2) : a prominent mountain usually having a well-defined summit b : something resembling a mountain peak

5

a : the upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail b : the narrow part of a ship's bow or stern or the part of the hold in it

6

a : the highest level or greatest degree b : a high point in a course of development especially as represented on a graph

7

: widow's peak

Examples of PEAK

1. a line of rocky peaks
2. the peak of the roof
3. The recipe says to beat the cream until it forms soft peaks.
4. At her peak she was writing a new novel every year.
5. Violence reached a peak just before the election.
6. The graph shows that murders in the city declined from a peak of 173 in 2004.

Origin of PEAK

perhaps alteration of pike

First Known Use: 1530

Related to PEAK

Synonyms: alp, hump, mount, mountain

Antonyms: bottom, nadir, rock bottom

Related Words: cordillera, mountain range, range, sierra; inselberg, knob, seamount; aiguille, horn, mountaintop, pinnacle, summit

Near Antonyms: basin, bowl, depression, hollow, vale, valley

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Other Geology Terms

anthracite, boulder, cwm, erratic, igneous, intrusive, mesa, sedimentary, silt, swale

Rhymes with PEAK

beak, bleak, cheek, chic, cleek, clique, creak, creek, Creek, eke, flic, freak, geek, gleek, Greek, keek, leak, leek, meek, peek, peke, pic, pique, reek, screak, seek, sheikh, shriek, sic, Sikh, sleek, sneak, speak, squeak, steek, streak, streek, teak, tweak, weak, week