"house-top" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: house-tops [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} house-top (plural house-tops)
  1. Archaic form of housetop. Tags: alt-of, archaic Alternative form of: housetop
    Sense id: en-house-top-en-noun-4IsJ9Day Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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