A culmination or acme: the last term in an ascending series
A rhetorical device in which a series is arranged in ascending order.
The final term of a rhetorical climax.
The culmination of sexual pleasure, an orgasm.
The culmination of a narrative's rising action, the turning point.
The culmination of ecological development, whereby species are in equilibrium with their environment.
To reach or bring to a climax (in any sense).
The upper part of a cavity.
The external covering at the top of a building.
The top external level of a building.
An overhanging rock wall.
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
To cover or furnish with a roof.
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
To put into prison, to bird.
To shelter as if under a roof.