All Definitions for Summit
Below are all the dictionary definitions of summit:
1The highest point of a hill, mountain, or similar geographical feature.
2The topmost point or surface of a thing
3The apex, the peak.
4The highest point of achievement, development, etc., that can be reached
5The acme, the pinnacle.
6(politics) (by extension) An assembly or gathering of the leaders of countries to discuss issues of international significance
7Also (loosely), an important or high-level gathering or meeting.
8To reach the summit (noun etymology 1, sense 1.1) of (a mountain).
9To reach the summit of a mountain.
10To attend a summit (noun etymology 1, sense 2.2.2).
11A vertex of a polygon or polyhedron.
12The highest point of a canal, railway, road, etc.
13(botany) Synonym of anther (“the pollen-bearing part of the stamen of a flower”) or (rare) stigma (“the sticky part of a flower that receives pollen during pollination”).
14(crystallography, rare) One of the two vertices of a crystal with a rhombohedral shape where the angles of each face are equal
15Also, the highest point of a crystal with a pyramidal or tetrahedral shape.
16(politics) (archaic) The highest level of political leadership.
17A surname.
18A number of places in the United States:
19A number of townships in the United States, listed under Summit Township.
20An unincorporated community in Blount County, Alabama.
21A census-designated place in Pima County, Arizona.
22A minor city in Marion County, Arkansas.
23An unincorporated community in Santa Cruz County and Santa Clara County, California.
24A village in Cook County, Illinois.
25An unincorporated community in Smithfield Township, DeKalb County, Indiana.
26An unincorporated community in Stockton Township, Greene County, Indiana, named after the old Summit Mine.
27An unincorporated community in Hendricks County, Indiana.
28An unincorporated community in LaPorte County, Indiana.
29An unincorporated community in Boyd County, Kentucky.
30A town in Pike County, Mississippi.
31An unincorporated community in Washington County, Missouri.
32A city in Union County, New Jersey.
33A town in Schoharie County, New York, named for Mount Wharton nearby.
34A town in Muskogee County, Oklahoma.
35A census-designated place in Benton County, Oregon.
36A village in the town of Coventry, Kent County, Rhode Island.
37A town in Lexington County, South Carolina.
38A town in Roberts County, South Dakota.
39A census-designated place in Iron County, Utah, situated on a divide.
40A census-designated place in Pierce County, Washington.
41An unincorporated community in Wood County, West Virginia.
42A town in Douglas County, Wisconsin.
43A town in Juneau County, Wisconsin.
44A town in Langlade County, Wisconsin.
45A village in Waukesha County, Wisconsin.
About antonyms for summit
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