soft-top
noun
the folding top of a convertible automobile.
Showing results for soft-top.
Search instead for
out-top.
soft-top
American
[sawft-top, soft-]
/ ˈsɔftˌtɒp, ˈsɒft- /
noun
-
the folding top of a convertible automobile.
-
an automobile having such a top; convertible.
adjective
soft top
British
noun
Etymology
Origin of soft-top
First recorded in 1870–75
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
It’s a long-nosed, royal-blue roadster with tan soft-top and wire-spoke wheels.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 16, 2026
Riding a soft-top surfboard used to be only for beginners.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2022
The Miata RF, with its hardtop design, is at least a bit quieter than the regular soft-top Miata.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 13, 2022
The pair set off in a soft-top Rolls-Royce on Friday morning complete with Welsh flags and Union Jacks and were greeted by hundreds who had lined the streets to cheer them on.
From BBC ● Sep. 3, 2021
It’s like Mr Badger rolled out of Wind in the Willows in a soft-top sports car and bought himself a grey flip-piece mobile phone.
From The Guardian ● Mar. 8, 2016
The banks are expected to see soft top line growth in the year ahead, due to slower loan growth and contraction in net interest margins.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 25, 2026
The little blue one is a Vauxhall, and the green one with the soft top is a Rover.
From Salon ● Feb. 19, 2024
JPMorgan analysts said the quarterly results should not be entirely surprising to investors as operational data was released last week, but highlighted soft top line and margins.
From Reuters ● May 4, 2023
Second, I learned that driving at higher speeds with the soft top is noisy, rendering the truck’s otherwise fine audio system moot.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 14, 2019
The sand could so easily have been the soft top of Ess’s foot.
From "Orphan Island" by Laurel Snyder
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
