capstone
noun
a finishing stone of a structure.
capstones
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pluralof capstone.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“You’re standing at this water feature and the magnitude … There’s 26 capstones on the water’s edge, It’s pretty overwhelming.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 13, 2022
“To see a real beach in both of those places was one of the capstones of my career,” Hartt said.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2022
Open title nearly eight years ago may well be the capstones to his career.
From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2017
Tom Rogers' excellent design not only evokes the monumentality of the cathedral, but also, through ropes, pulleys and capstones, shows it as a vertical building site.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 12, 2012
Many conjectures have been made as to how the huge capstones of the circle at Stonehenge were placed on the erect stones.
From English Villages by P. H. (Peter Hampson) Ditchfield
