Metal point absorbs pressure in tall structure (7)
I believe the answer is:
steeple
'tall structure' is the definition.
'metal point absorbs pressure' is the wordplay.
'metal' becomes 'steel' (steel is a kind of metal**).
'point' becomes 'e' (E is an example).
'absorbs' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pressure' becomes 'p' (abbreviation).
'steel'+'e'='steele'
'steele' going around 'p' is 'STEEPLE'.
'in' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for steeple that I've seen before include "Sort of chase" , "part of church" , "Pointed structure" , "Tall tower with spire on top of church" , "that the church may be under" .)