peak

About 25.03 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun A point; the sharp end or top of anything that terminates in a point; as, the peak, or front, of a cap.
2. noun The highest value reached by some quantity in a time period.

   The stock market reached a peak in September 1929.

3. noun 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.

4. noun The whole hill or mountain, especially when isolated.
5. noun visor (horizontal part of a cap sticking out in front and shading the wearer's eyes)
6. noun The upper aftermost corner of a fore-and-aft sail.

   peak-halyards

7. noun The narrow part of a vessel's bow, or the hold within it.
8. noun The extremity of an anchor fluke; the bill.

Similar words

pinnacle height vertex top acme high elevation climactic superlative maximum

Often followed by

of in at and is value to was power

Word family

peag peaked peaking peaks