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- [hous-top]
- /ˈhaʊsˌtɒp/
- /ˈhaʊstɒp/
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- [hous-top]
- /ˈhaʊsˌtɒp/
Definitions of housetop word
- noun housetop the top or roof of a house. 1
- idioms housetop from the housetops, publicly; generally: The day I got my promotion I wanted to shout it from the housetops. 1
- noun housetop The outer surface of the roof of a house. 1
- noun housetop roof of a building 1
- noun housetop the roof of a house 0
- noun housetop the top of a house; roof 0
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Origin of housetop
First appearance:
before 1520 One of the 28% oldest English words
First recorded in 1520-30; house + top1
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Parts of speech for Housetop
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
housetop popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 71% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
housetop usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for housetop
noun housetop
- beam — If you say that someone is beaming, you mean that they have a big smile on their face because they are happy, pleased, or proud about something.
- plaster — a composition, as of lime or gypsum, sand, water, and sometimes hair or other fiber, applied in a pasty form to walls, ceilings, etc., and allowed to harden and dry.
- roof — the external upper covering of a house or other building.
- covert — Covert activities or situations are secret or hidden.
- dome — Architecture. a vault, having a circular plan and usually in the form of a portion of a sphere, so constructed as to exert an equal thrust in all directions. a domical roof or ceiling. a polygonal vault, ceiling, or roof.
Antonyms for housetop
Top questions with housetop
- who wrote up on the housetop?
- who sings up on the housetop?
- what are the words to up on the housetop?
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