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flat·top

(flăt′tŏp′)

n. Informal

1. An aircraft carrier.

2. A short haircut in which the hair is brushed straight up and cropped flat across the top.

3. An acoustic guitar having a flat piece of wood on the side where the strings are, a single sound hole in the center of the body, and a bridge attached just below the sound hole.

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flattop

(ˈflætˌtɒp)

(Military) US an informal name for aircraft carrier

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flat•top

(ˈflætˌtɒp)

n.

1. Informal. an aircraft carrier.

2. a crew cut in which the hair is cropped in a flat plane across the top.

[1940–45]

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Noun	1.	flattop - a closely cropped haircut; usually for men crew cut haircut - the style in which hair has been cut
	2.	flattop - a large warship that carries planes and has a long flat deck for takeoffs and landings aircraft carrier, attack aircraft carrier, carrier arrester, arrester hook - a restraint that slows airplanes as they land on the flight deck of an aircraft carrier flight deck, landing deck - the upper deck of an aircraft carrier; used as a runway combat ship, war vessel, warship - a government ship that is available for waging war

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