SUMMITS

Noun

summits

plural of summit

Anagrams

• mutisms, summist, tsimmus

Source: Wiktionary


SUMMIT

Sum"mit, n. Etym: [F. sommet, dim. of OF. som, sum, top, from L. summum, from summus highest. See Sum, n.]

1. The top; the highest point. Fixed on the summit of the highest mount. Shak.

2. The highest degree; the utmost elevation; the acme; as, the summit of human fame.

3. (Zoöl.)

Definition: The most elevated part of a bivalve shell, or the part in which the hinge is situated. Summit level, the highest level of a canal, a railroad, or the like, in surmounting an ascent.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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