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topper

[top-er] / ˈtɒp ər /


NOUN
opera hat
Synonyms


NOUN
top hat
Synonyms




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Researchers also found a pair of broken glasses; an IV needle with a bottle topper; a brass item with writing, perhaps a cigarette case; and a button with Japanese-looking iconography.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026

I added a private hot tub and an Eight Sleep Pod, which is a really fancy mattress topper that heats and cools your mattress.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 23, 2026

I briefly consider breakfast-for-dinner — biscuits and eggs are always tempting — but land instead on a skillet chicken pot pie: chicken, frozen vegetables, cream, and biscuits as the topper.

From Salon ● Jan. 11, 2026

Serious crab keepers install a second story to their tank, called a topper, that functions as a playground.

From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2025

Ignatius noticed hopelessly that she had added a dash of color by pinning a wilted poinsettia to the lapel of her topper.

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

These types of initial roundups, dubbed "toppers" in White House press lingo, are usually followed by a long question-and-answer session in the packed room -- often extending to dozens of questions.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Cooling mattress toppers and bedding that use water or phase change materials may also help.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 29, 2026

In music, we’ve seen chart toppers from artists such as Sabrina Carpenter, Lil Nas X, and Sam Smith and Kim Petras play with occult imagery.

From Salon ● Apr. 1, 2026

The group worked with local straw craft workers to produce large straw maypole toppers which were then used as part of the set.

From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2025

And Jim says there is a fine place not far off, where Dud spent the season two years ago with some tip toppers, and he’s counting on getting in with them again.

From Killykinick by Mary T. (Mary Theresa) Waggaman


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