big top

big top
noun
a canvas tent to house the audience at a circus performance
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he was afraid of a fire in the circus tent

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they had the big top up in less than an hour

• Syn: ↑circus tent, ↑round top, ↑top
• Hypernyms: ↑canvas tent, ↑canvas, ↑canvass
• Part Holonyms: ↑circus

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noun
1. : the main tent of a circus

the glamour of the big top

2. : circus 1c

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1. the largest or main tent of a circus.
2. a circus.
[1890-95, Amer.]

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big top noun
A large circular tent used for circus performances
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Main Entry: ↑big

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big top UK US noun [countable] [singular big top plural big tops]
a large tent in which a circus is performed
Thesaurus: at the circus, amusement park or fairgroundhyponym

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big top,
Informal.
1. the largest tent of a circus.
2. the circus.
3. the canvas covering the main tent of a circus where the principal acts are shown.

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n. the main tent in a circus

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noun [singular]
: a large circus tent
— usually used with the

She dreamed of performing under the big top. [=performing in/with the circus]

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ˌbig ˈtop [big top] (usually the big top) noun
the large tent in which a ↑circus gives performances

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