treetop
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- noun
- /ˈtriːtɑːp/
:
copa del árbol
- Outside, the wind cackled through the treetops; the eaves of the big house creaked.
So he didn't catch that sling load on the treetops.
- So he didn't catch that sling load on the treetops.
Examples
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Daybreak was a faint gray haze seeping through the treetops, barely able to penetrate the darkness beneath.
Fiction book (1992) -
When she woke, the late sun shone through treetops as shadows collected below.
Fiction book (1994) -
So this is our treetop restaurant with panoramic views of the rain forest.
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The crowd now was as quiet around him as the still treetops along the road.
Fiction book (1992) -
However, many of the details of the treetops are hidden from view.
Academic text (1992) -
The moon had cleared the treetops long before she happened by the window.
Fiction book (1992) -
They can't see us through the treetops.
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The plane shoots over the treetops, spraying the ground below like a crop duster.
Fiction book (1995) -
The wind ruffled the treetops and small, gray clouds slid across the cool, pale sky.
Fiction book (1995) -
The gondola sails through the treetops of dense pine and aspen forests.
Synonyms
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4.1
The top part of something, for example the raised middle of a road
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Etymology
Treetop is a simple compound of tree and top, so it literally means the 'top' or highest branches and leaves of a tree. Picture birds nesting or a monkey swinging up there — that is the treetop.