flattop

or flat-top

[ flat-top ]

noun

, Informal.

1. an aircraft carrier.
2. a type of crew cut in which the hair is cropped in a flat plane across the top. tops.

flattop

/ ˈflætˌtɒp /

noun

1. See aircraft carrier
   an informal name for aircraft carrier

Other Words From

• flat-topped adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of flattop¹

First recorded in 1940–45; flat ¹ + top ¹

Example Sentences

Explore the Mesa, the largest flattop mountain in the world, via one of the state’s most stunning snowshoe experiences.

From Outside Online

It’s a flattop massif that forms the central hub of the Sella Ronda—a 360-degree, 26-mile lift-served route that takes you into four valleys and nine villages over the course of a marathon ski day.

From Outside Online

Two propane burners under the flattop provide an ample 34,000 BTUs for crisply smashed burgers.

From Popular-Science

The rest that extends beyond the circumference of the meat quickly melts down onto the surface of the flattop.

From The Daily Beast

Nevertheless we decided to ride out, and cross the Flattop rim, and go around what they call the Chinese Wall.

From Project Gutenberg

One more climb brought us to the top of the Flattop Pass, about eleven thousand feet.

From Project Gutenberg

The flattop picked it up by radio and they're both going to come on here tomorrow.

From Project Gutenberg

There was a Philippine gunboat and a mine-layer and an American flattop in plain view.

From Project Gutenberg

Now the flattop shot off plane after plane, as if they were projectiles.

From Project Gutenberg

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