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round-top

round-top noun: a platform at the top of a ship's mast.

Noun

round-top (plural round-tops)

  1. A platform at the top of a ship's mast.
    • A man on the roundtop cried out, Au voile, a sail.1722, Daniel Defoe, chapter 11, in Colonel Jack

Forms of round-top

pluralround-tops
alternative formroundtop
alternative formround top

Questions about round-top

What does round-top mean?
Round-top means a platform at the top of a ship's mast.
What part of speech is round-top?
Round-top is a noun.
What is the plural of round-top?
The plural of round-top is round-tops.

Words near round-top in the dictionary

  1. round-tabled
  2. round-tables
  3. round-tabling
  4. round-tailed muskrat
  5. round-the-clock
  6. round-top
  7. round-tops
  8. round-trip
  9. round-trip delay time
  10. round-trip delay times
  11. round-trip light time

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