flat-topped
Americanadjective
Example Sentences
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What followed was further loss of floating ice from the front of Hektoria, as large, flat-topped icebergs broke off or "calved", and the ice behind sped up and thinned.
From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2025
Gilarya Begaye looks out across the brush-blanketed pastures, red-dirt plains and flat-topped mesas that surround her home in the Navajo Nation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 7, 2024
It widened Dimorphos, transforming it from a squat orb into a flat-topped oval — like an M&M candy.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2024
Helpful rangers at the front desk answer questions and give talks, and there’s a fantastic view of the flat-topped mountain right at the entrance.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 8, 2023
I feel my eyes getting rounder and rounder, the pupils enlarging like an owl’s: for an hour I’ve been looking at slides, yellowy, sometimes unfocused slides of white marble women with flat-topped heads.
From "Cat's Eye" by Margaret Atwood
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