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grasstop

grasstop is the alternative form of grass top.

Meaning of grass top

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 grasstop

pluralgrasstops

Questions about grasstop

What is grasstop the alternative form of?
Grasstop is the alternative form of grass top.

Words near grasstop in the dictionary

  1. grassroots democracy
  2. grassroots leader
  3. grassroots leaders
  4. grassrootsy
  5. Grassrope
  6. grasstop
  7. grasstops
  8. grasstree
  9. Grasstree Hill
  10. grasstrees
  11. grassture

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