wavetop

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noun

The top of a wave of liquid.

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Meanings

nounwavetop (plural wavetops)

plural wavetops

  1. The top of a wave of liquid.

    At length I could look up, and to a sea / Of fire wavetops; not wavetops of these seas / Ægean, white wavetops or black […]

    1861, Richard Watson Dixon, Christ's company: and other poems, page 27

Origin

From wave + top.

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APA

wavetop. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wavetop

MLA

“wavetop.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wavetop. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wavetop,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wavetop.

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