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hilltop

English

Etymology

From hill +? top.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /?h?lt?p/

Noun

hilltop (plural hilltops)

  1. The peak or crest of a hill.
    • 1946, Bertrand Russell, History of Western Philosophy, I.21:
      The territory should be small enough to be surveyed in its entirety from a hilltop.

Usage notes

  • used attributively in phrases such as "a hilltop house"

Translations

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rooftop

English

Etymology

roof +? top

Noun

rooftop (plural rooftops)

  1. (somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
    • 1993, Liz Rothlein, Multicultural Books for Primary Grades
      Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)
  2. The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
    • 2012, Ernest Alanki, The Chocolate Shop Perverts
      The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop.

Hypernyms

  • roof

Derived terms

  • rooftop of the world, an epithet of Tibet
  • rooftopper
  • rooftopping
  • shout from the rooftops

Related terms

Translations

References

  • “rooftop”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

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