Top

Morpheme

Top

Type

free base

Denotation

highest part, summit, peak, crest

Etymology

Middle English top, toppe; Old English top

Evidence

blacktop, desktop, flattop, hilltop, housetop, laptop, mountaintop, pillowtop, retop, rooftop, stovetop, tiptop, top, topless, topmost, topped, topper, topping, topple, toppled, topples, toppling, tops, topshell, topsy, treetop, untopped

Homographs

Top(e) [Tope, Top]