How do you use Flattops in a sentence? See 7 example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, plus the exact meaning.
Flattops meaning
plural of flattop
Using Flattops
- The main meaning on this page is: plural of flattop
- In the example corpus, flattops often appears in combinations such as: enemy flattops, to flattops.
Context around Flattops
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 7 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Flattops
- In this selection, "flattops" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 26 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, enemy, powered, bigger and especially stand out and add context to how "flattops" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include the enemy flattops and came to flattops bigger was. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "flattops" sits close to words such as aargau, abacos and abboud, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with flattops
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Neither submarine was able to find the enemy flattops. (9 words)
The answer may be a return to more numerous and less costly smaller conventionally-powered flattops. (16 words)
The dive-bombers were not the first American carrier-based planes to attack the enemy flattops. (16 words)
To prepare its submarines to hunt and sink American aircraft carriers in some future World War III, during the Cold War the Soviet navy ordered its hundreds of sub captains to get as close as possible to U.S. flattops … and stay there. (43 words)
While dual nose wheels are not exclusively reserved for aircraft carrier jets, they do provide an advantage, as landing on flattops—especially with weapons attached and/or a heavy fuel load—is taxing on an airframe. (36 words)
Though the U.S. was over a year away from involvement in World War II, naval engineers grasped the qualities a fully-capable carrier needed: when it came to ‘flattops’, bigger was actually better. (34 words)
Example sentences (7)
The answer may be a return to more numerous and less costly smaller conventionally-powered flattops.
While that would allow the Royal Navy to maintain a powerful airwing on its flattops, it would deprive the RAF of aircraft to carry out its own missions.
Neither submarine was able to find the enemy flattops.
The dive-bombers were not the first American carrier-based planes to attack the enemy flattops.
Though the U.S. was over a year away from involvement in World War II, naval engineers grasped the qualities a fully-capable carrier needed: when it came to ‘flattops’, bigger was actually better.
While dual nose wheels are not exclusively reserved for aircraft carrier jets, they do provide an advantage, as landing on flattops—especially with weapons attached and/or a heavy fuel load—is taxing on an airframe.
To prepare its submarines to hunt and sink American aircraft carriers in some future World War III, during the Cold War the Soviet navy ordered its hundreds of sub captains to get as close as possible to U.S. flattops … and stay there.
Common combinations with flattops
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- enemy flattops 2×
- to flattops 2×