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[ uh-top ] / əˈtɒp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR atop ON THESAURUS.COM
prepositionon the top of: atop the flagpole. Origin of atopFirst recorded in 1650–60; a-1 + top1 Words nearby atopat one time or another, atonic, atonic bladder, atonicity, atony, atop, atopen, atopic, atopic allergy, atopic cataract, atopic conjunctivitis Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for atopIn the second instance, it is a man and his wife pleading from atop a donkey. Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in Iraq|Nathan Bradley Bethea|August 31, 2014|DAILY BEAST Jasarevic noted social mobilization—whether done on Twitter or atop a soapbox—is only a part of the solution. Ebola Tweets Are Missing the Target|Kevin Zawacki|August 3, 2014|DAILY BEAST Atop the building, an unfinished roof deck awaits the enticement of a soon-to-be liquor license. Brooklyn’s Museum of Death: Inside Morbid Anatomy’s House of Intriguing Horrors|Nina Strochlic|July 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST Atop the chili goes a spill of crisp chopped raw onions, and atop the onions you want a sprinkle of celery salt. Classics Get a Cheesy Twist at Fall River Spot|Jane & Michael Stern|May 4, 2014|DAILY BEAST
And this spoon,” (set it atop the potatoes), “… is the Vatican conclave. Crushing Christmas: How to Win Every Argument|Kelly Williams Brown|December 24, 2013|DAILY BEAST He was almost atop of the breakers now, yet he fetched about once more, and shouted again and again and again. At every moment I see them settling, all befloured with yellow, atop of the mole-hills now turned into craters. Bramble-bees and Others|J. Henri Fabre Presently Will stumbled and fell, pulling down Robin atop of him. The ocean is always trying to lift her atop and not hold her under water. The U-boat hunters|James B. Connolly I left home for the school late in November, riding the thirty miles with Father, atop a load of butter. Our Friend John Burroughs|Clara Barrus
British Dictionary definitions for atopCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to atoponto, up on |