vanishing pointEnglishOxford New American Dictionaryvanishing point /ˈvaniSHiNG ˌpoint, ˈvænɪʃɪŋ ˌpɔɪnt / ▸ noun 1 the point at which receding parallel lines viewed in perspective appear to converge. 2 [in singular] the point at which something that has been growing smaller or increasingly faint disappears altogether: custody fees have dropped close to the vanishing point.