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cherry top

cherry top is the alternative form of cherrytop.

Meaning of cherrytop

Noun

cherrytop (plural cherrytops)

  1. A round, red light that is mounted on top of a police car.
    • And it was less than five minutes before a black-and-white turned off Wisconsin Avenue onto P Street to investigate, its spotlight sweeping back and forth and its cherrytop spinning.1988 -, Steve Sohmer, Favorite Son, page 425

Forms of cherry top

pluralcherry tops

Questions about cherry top

What is cherry top the alternative form of?
Cherry top is the alternative form of cherrytop.

Words near cherry top in the dictionary

  1. cherry slugs
  2. cherry stone
  3. cherry stones
  4. cherry tomato
  5. cherry tomatoes
  6. cherry top
  7. cherry topper
  8. cherry toppers
  9. cherry tops
  10. cherry tree
  11. Cherry Tree Hill

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