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  • soft-top
    soft-top
    noun
    the folding top of a convertible automobile.
  • soft top
    soft top
    noun
    a convertible car with a roof made of fabric rather than metal

soft-top

American  
[sawft-top, soft-] / ˈsɔftˌtɒp, ˈsɒft- /

noun

  1. the folding top of a convertible automobile.

  2. an automobile having such a top; convertible.

adjective

  1. of or relating to such an automobile.

    soft-top sales.
soft top British  

noun

  1. a convertible car with a roof made of fabric rather than metal

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Etymology

Origin of soft-top

First recorded in 1870–75

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

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