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grass top

grass top noun: the tip of a blade or stalk of grass.

Noun

grass top (plural grass tops)

  1. (countable) The tip of a blade or stalk of grass.
    • There was nothing to shoot at; but a moment afterward I saw a pair of horns through the grass tops, in such a position that it was evident the owner was looking at me.1910, Theodore Roosevelt, African Game Trails: An Account of the African Wanderings of an American Hunter-Naturalist, Charles Scribner's Sons, published 1910, page 521
  2. (uncountable) An expanse covered in grass.
    • She glides along, her skirt touching the grass top as she sways to the beat of unwritten songs.2008, Chris Fabry, Dogwood, Tyndale, →ISBN, page 154

Forms of grass top

pluralgrass tops
alternative formgrasstop

Questions about grass top

What does grass top mean?
Grass top means the tip of a blade or stalk of grass.
What part of speech is grass top?
Grass top is a noun.
What is the plural of grass top?
The plural of grass top is grass tops.

Words near grass top in the dictionary

  1. grass snakes
  2. grass staggers
  3. grass tetany
  4. grass time
  5. grass times
  6. grass top
  7. grass tops
  8. grass trap
  9. grass traps
  10. grass tree
  11. grass trees

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