topside

Examples

• All

• We need you topside ASAP.

  The Guardian (2006)

• "Come on, let's see what's happened topside."

  Fiction book (1999)

• We got to get topside, find some help.

  Deep Blue Sea (1999)

• We could spend the next 12 hours trying to find where that thing went topside.

  Boa vs. Python (2004)

• That leaves us free for standing topside watches and our primary duty.

  The Sand Pebbles (1966)

• Get your men moving and bring those Napoleon field pieces of yours topside.

  Fiction book (1990)

• I'd like you to send someone topside to inspect my orders immediately.

  The Patriot (1998)

• I threw the boat out of gear to drift while I ran topside to listen to the reports from the fleet.

  Fiction book (1999)

• Get topside now!

  Transformers: Dark of the Moon (2011)

• The crew worked diligently to secure the cargo stored topside before the storm hit.

Synonyms

U

upper deck

vstopside

9 3.4

A higher level on a ship or in a stadium where people sit

covers the whole hull above waterline rather than just a single deck

W

weather deck

vstopside

• Specialized

1 6.4

Top outside part of a ship open to rain and wind that protects the area below

includes ship hull above the waterline rather than only the exposed upper deck

T

top side

vstopside

1 2.2

The upper surface of a thing, like paper or cake

refers specifically to ship hull above the waterline rather than any object's top

U

upper side

vstopside

2.3

The top surface of an object that faces up

refers to ship hull above the waterline and especially includes exposed decks

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology