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round top

round top is the alternative form of round-top.

Meaning of round-top

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

Questions about round top

What is round top the alternative form of?
Round top is the alternative form of round-top.

Words near round top in the dictionary

  1. round the corner
  2. round the Horn
  3. round the twist
  4. round the wicket
  5. round to
  6. round top
  7. round tops
  8. round trip
  9. round trips
  10. round tuit
  11. round tuits

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