round top
- noun
- UK
:
carpa de circo
- Each summer, the traveling circus set up its round top in the center of town.
Examples
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The performers gathered outside the round top before the evening show began.
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The circus set up a large round top for the evening show.
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A sudden storm threatened to tear holes in the round top during the matinee.
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Many people gathered under the round top to enjoy the performance.
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Every evening, families would arrive early to find seats under the spacious round top before the show started.
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The brightly colored round top was a familiar sight in the town square during the annual circus festival.
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As the sun set, the ringmaster called the audience to gather under the large round top for the main event.
Synonyms
23
5.3
A large tent used for circus shows
7
7.1
A large tent used for parties and events
5
3.5
A large tent used for circus shows
3
2.5
A large tent where circus performers put on shows and people watch
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Morphology
The meaning 'a large canvas tent used to house the audience' is directly and literally composed from 'round' (circular) + 'top' (circus tent), so the overall sense is predictable from the constituents. This simple adjective+noun composition follows standard English patterns and would be understandable to a B1 learner who knows both words.
Etymology
Round top comes from the large circus tent with a high, rounded top. People called the whole tent the round top, so today the phrase means 'a large canvas tent' used to hold the 'audience' at a circus show.