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flat-top

flat-top

1 4.2
Having a level top surface
  • adjective
  • /flæt tɑp/
translation icon : cima plana
  • The hill had a flat top, making it an ideal spot for a picnic.

So I really like that they did that little slanted flat top thing and I think it's really good.

Examples

  • One entry has a flat top; another has an arched one.

    Academic text (1990)

  • This is the Sedona lace flat top foundation brush.

  • So we have a nearly totally flat top with a formed in feature.

  • Just need a big guy with a flat top.

    Deadpool (2016)

  • And we'll just see if we like the way this flat top brush moves the product around.

  • Here's the next item up for bid, an elegant flat top desk.

  • This seems to be really nice, like it has a flat top which I think will be good for buffing the concealer in.

  • While Gamay went behind the monument and changed from her jeans to more comfortable shorts she'd brought in her pack, Chi prepared lunch on the stone's flat top.

    Fiction book (1999)

  • "If only I had a flat-top griddle like in professional kitchens," I mused once while standing over the fourth quesadilla I had to cook.

    Blog text (2)

  • From her pith helmet streamed a long white gauzy scarf, which was carried behind the elephant by a small boy in a gray robe and a cone-shaped red hat with a flat top.

    Fiction book (1999)

Synonyms

flat
vsflat-top
797 1.0

Level and even without parts higher or lower

applies specifically to the upper side being flattened, not any surface
flat-topped
vsflat-top
1 3.4

A thing that has a flat top like a table or a low hill

is the same meaning but uses a different word form
tabular
vsflat-top
5.8

Flat and wide like a table top

focuses on a simple flattened top rather than technical table-like form
level
vsflat-top
1.0

Having a flat surface

refers to a flattened upper side that may not be perfectly horizontal

How Flat

planar
  • Specialized
1 8.2
level
1.0
flat-top
1 4.2
flattened
2.8
uneven
42 2.3
bumpy
68 1.0

Surface Forms

flat-top positive

Morphology

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

A straightforward compound of two common words whose combined meaning ('having a flat upper surface') is directly derivable.

Etymology

Flat-top is made from the simple words flat ('level') and top ('highest part' or 'upper surface'). So a flat-top is something whose top is level, like a table, stove, or a mountain with a flat upper surface.