overtopped

Verb

The word is derived from overtop

Meaning

of Overtop

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

A fuse plug spillway is a low embankment designed to be overtopped and washed away in the event of a large flood. Source: Internet

The Bishop tuff is thousands of feet thick and is cut by the Owens River Gorge, formed during the Pleistocene when the caldera filled with water and overtopped its rim. Source: Internet

These dams can be overtopped at high tide and hold water at low tide. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

overtook overtook owing to overtop overtopping overtopple overtorque