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clifftop

clifftop noun: the top of a cliff.

Noun

clifftop (plural clifftops)

  1. The top of a cliff.
    • Its streets fan out towards the clifftops, and its sheltered North Landing harbours open-decked fishing boats, called 'cobles'.1980, AA Book of British Villages, Drive Publications Ltd, page 188, about Flamborough
    • They pitched the dragon
      over the cliff-top, let tide's flow
      and backwash take the treasure-minder.1999, Seamus Heaney, Beowulf, London: Faber and Faber, page 98

Forms of clifftop

pluralclifftops

Origin of clifftop

From cliff + top.

Questions about clifftop

What does clifftop mean?
Clifftop means the top of a cliff.
What part of speech is clifftop?
Clifftop is a noun.
What is the plural of clifftop?
The plural of clifftop is clifftops.

Words near clifftop in the dictionary

  1. cliffside
  2. Cliffside Park
  3. cliffsides
  4. CliffsNotes version
  5. CliffsNotes versions
  6. clifftop
  7. clifftops
  8. cliffy
  9. clift
  10. clifted
  11. Clifteen

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