verb
definition
To be higher than; to rise over the top of.
definition
To place too many toppings on.
example
to overtop a pizza
noun
definition
An instance of water going over the top of a barrier such as a sea wall or levee.
adjective
definition
Surmounting, surpassing.
Examples of overtopping in a Sentence
Since then exterior ornamentation and architectural eccentricities have run riot, and the city is now a mixture of the plain one-storey and two-storey buildings of the Portuguese type, and fanciful modern creations, embellished with stucco and overtopping the others by many storeys.
The summits of the Kulu-tau or Kyulyu-tau reach 13,700 to 14,750 ft.; those of the Ak-skiryak 15,000-16,000 ft., overtopping by some2000-3000ft.
On a height in a corner towards the west, overtopping the town by 100 -200 ft., are the remains of the old citadel, and the two famous Corinthian columns 1 known as " the Throne of Nimrud."
Overtopping device An overtopping device An overtopping device uses the same principles as traditional hydropower plants in an offshore platform.