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flat-topped

flat-topped

1 3.4
A thing that has a flat top like a table or a low hill
  • adjective
  • /flæt tɑpt/
translation icon : plano
  • We climbed to the peak of the flat-topped hill to enjoy a panoramic view of the valley below.
  • flat-topped mountain
  • flat-topped butte
  • flat-topped mesa

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Examples

  • Buma and the Boy had positioned themselves as lookouts on a flat-topped hill above the Big Curve.

    Fiction book (2001)
  • Soon they passed under the flat-topped stone arch, the entrance to the grove, and approached the small, milk-white pool of water.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • There was only one long, low, flat-topped building.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • One such facility was proposed in County Mayo in Ireland on this large flat topped mountain directly next to the sea.

  • Stuck on the summit of a remote, flat-topped mountain with little food, the group was forced to eat small birds and other wildlife.

    Academic text (2002)
  • They plan to focus on three circular, flat-topped mounds on the continental slope.

    Blog text (22)
  • This enormous flat-topped rock rising 500 feet above sea level is home to iconic buildings representing Greece's fifth-century B.C.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Behind volcanic cinder cones loomed a barren, flat-topped, bluish ridge.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • Dotting Iceland are still other beautiful, steep, flat-topped mountains like Herdubreid, formed at the end of the last glaciation in much the same way as Gjlp was.

    Academic text (2002)
  • The landscape was dominated by a stunning flat-topped mountain that rose majestically against the sky.

Synonyms

flat
vsflat-topped
797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

applies specifically to an item's top surface being even and not sloped
flat-top
vsflat-topped
1 4.2

Having a level top surface

is an adjective describing an item's flattened upper surface
planate
vsflat-topped
  • Specialized
9.9

Flat and level after wind or water wears it away

refers to the top being horizontal without stressing prior action
level
vsflat-topped
1.0

Having a flat surface

describes an item's upper face that is even but not perfectly horizontal

How Flat

planar
  • Specialized
1 8.2
level
1.0
flat-topped
1 3.4
flattened
2.8
uneven
42 2.3
bumpy
68 1.0

Surface Forms

flat-topped positive

Morphology

flat-topped = flat-top (transparent) = flat + top + ed

Formed from the compound noun 'flat-top' plus the adjectival/past-participial suffix '-ed', yielding 'having a flat top' in a straightforward way.

Etymology

The word flat-topped is simply flat, meaning 'level or even', plus topped from top, meaning 'the highest part', so it means 'having a flat top'.