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View synonyms for flattop

flattop

or flat-top

[ flat-top ]

noun

, Informal.
  1. an aircraft carrier.
  2. a type of crew cut in which the hair is cropped in a flat plane across the top. tops.


flattop

/ ˈflætˌtɒp /

noun

  1. an informal name for aircraft carrier


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Other Words From

  • flat-topped adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of flattop1

First recorded in 1940–45; flat 1 + top 1

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Example Sentences

The rest that extends beyond the circumference of the meat quickly melts down onto the surface of the flattop.

Nevertheless we decided to ride out, and cross the Flattop rim, and go around what they call the Chinese Wall.

One more climb brought us to the top of the Flattop Pass, about eleven thousand feet.

The flattop picked it up by radio and they're both going to come on here tomorrow.

There was a Philippine gunboat and a mine-layer and an American flattop in plain view.

Now the flattop shot off plane after plane, as if they were projectiles.

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