ridgetop
noun
ridge·top ˈrij-ˌtäp 
: the crest of a ridge
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web Glennallen troopers responded by plane and landed on a nearby ridgetop. 
Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 The Coastal fire broke out on a cool but gusty day and spread rapidly, cresting up a canyon before burning huge ridgetop homes. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 The ridgetop offered several great picnic areas with vast views across the surrounding plains. Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2022 On a clear day, the views seem to go on forever from Alila Ventana Big Sur; other times, misty clouds surround the 59-room resort’s 160-acre ridgetop location overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Kathy A. Mcdonald, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022 To get there, take the ridgetop Welch Ridge Trail, which runs between the AT and the Cold Spring Gap Trail. Neil Norman, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019 Everything is centered around an expansive green space, with the project also offering views of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean from its ridgetop locale. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021 A couple miles away, Wil Berndt, 68, watched from a ridgetop as flames raced up the canyon toward his home. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021 Fearing to continue climbing to the ridgetop during aftershocks that were also significant earthquakes, the women stayed on their platform of ferns and bent-over blades of rye grass. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2021 See More
Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Sep. 2022 The Coastal fire broke out on a cool but gusty day and spread rapidly, cresting up a canyon before burning huge ridgetop homes. Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2022 The ridgetop offered several great picnic areas with vast views across the surrounding plains. Bob Robinson, Arkansas Online, 23 May 2022 On a clear day, the views seem to go on forever from Alila Ventana Big Sur; other times, misty clouds surround the 59-room resort’s 160-acre ridgetop location overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Kathy A. Mcdonald, Variety, 25 Mar. 2022 To get there, take the ridgetop Welch Ridge Trail, which runs between the AT and the Cold Spring Gap Trail. Neil Norman, Outside Online, 8 Oct. 2019 Everything is centered around an expansive green space, with the project also offering views of Los Peñasquitos Lagoon and the Pacific Ocean from its ridgetop locale. Jennifer Van Grove, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Nov. 2021 A couple miles away, Wil Berndt, 68, watched from a ridgetop as flames raced up the canyon toward his home. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 25 Aug. 2021 Fearing to continue climbing to the ridgetop during aftershocks that were also significant earthquakes, the women stayed on their platform of ferns and bent-over blades of rye grass. Ned Rozell, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Aug. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1847, in the meaning defined above
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