Meaning & use
Atop
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On or at the top of something.
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A weather vane spun slowly atop the old barn.
She placed the star atop the Christmas tree.
A note on using this word
"Atop" is a more literary or formal alternative to the everyday phrase "on top of."
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on top ofabove
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