ridgetop
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4.2
- noun
- /ˈrɪdʒˌtɑp/
:
cima de la cresta
- The view from the ridgetop offered a breathtaking panorama of the valley below.
- a dry ridgetop
Examples
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The Maurice Broun Nature Trail loops for 1.2 miles through the kind of mixed hardwood forest that, apart from the dry ridgetops and the wet lowlands, is characteristic of the Poconos.
Academic text (2011) -
They had just about reached the ridgetop when Jan heard an arrow whistle past his face.
Fiction book (1995) -
The moon in the east was starting to rise, casting long shadows on the ridgetop.
Fiction book (1991) -
Mart drove up the steep road into the woods and then finally out again onto the open ridgetop.
Fiction book (1997) -
At the ridgetop, my foot slips on a mossy rock.
Fiction book (2000) -
They claimed the ridgetop was too difficult to log and the hillside too dangerous.
Academic text (2010) -
We weren't there to see it, but according to neighbors, a small funnel cloud appeared first, high above the ridgetop.
Academic text (2010) -
For months, chainsaws whined from the ridgetop, seeming farther away than they were.
Academic text (2010) -
In 2004, my wife Linda and I purchased 62 ridgetop acres overlooking Whitewater State Park in SE MN.
Blog text (22) -
Climate directly influences the western range boundaries of many individual tree species, too, particularly upland trees, which inhabit slopes or ridgetops where soil moisture depends entirely on local precipitation.
Academic text (2012)
Synonyms
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2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
89
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
47
4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
46
2.5
The highest point of a mountain
34
3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
22
1.5
The top of a hill where you can see around
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7.4
The top edge of a hill or slope
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1.8
The pointed top of a mountain that is the highest part
1
3.5
The very top point of something like a tree or mountain
1
7.2
The highest point of something, like a mountain or pyramid
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Ridgetop is a simple compound of ridge and top; think of a ridge as the 'spine' of a hill and the ridgetop as the very top of that spine. So ridgetop means the highest part of a ridge, hill, or mountain.