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roundtop

roundtop 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 roundtop

pluralroundtops

Questions about roundtop

What is roundtop the alternative form of?
Roundtop is the alternative form of round-top.

Words near roundtop in the dictionary

  1. roundstone
  2. roundswoman
  3. roundswomen
  4. roundtable
  5. roundtables
  6. roundtop
  7. roundtops
  8. Roundtree
  9. Roundtrees
  10. roundtrip
  11. roundtripped

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