soft-top
noun
informal
: a car with a roof made of thick fabric that can be lowered or removed : a convertible
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The vehicle up for sale is finished in a lustrous coat of Midnight Blue over a blue and white leather interior with a dark blue soft-top.
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Designed to embody the essence of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the convertible is finished in a head-turning coat of Olive Neo green and features an all-black windscreen frame and soft-top roof.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
Finally, the convertible liners on soft-top versions tend to get loose by the rear windows when the threads holding them in place break due to age.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Students are taken out to the water on soft-top surfboards, which are safer and more cushioned and stable than hard-top surfboards – that can be adapted to their abilities.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
The car comes with a retractable soft-top, although no pictures have been made available, that can be deployed in around 20 seconds at speeds of up to 30 mph.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Hardtop coupe and soft-top convertible body styles are offered.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
The first is the wide-scale production of cheap soft-top surfboards, which are floaty enough to catch pretty much every mushy wave that rolls through.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
There is, of course, a fabric soft-top for when the weather takes a turn for the worse.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
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Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 15 May 2025
Designed to embody the essence of the 1970s and early ‘80s, the convertible is finished in a head-turning coat of Olive Neo green and features an all-black windscreen frame and soft-top roof.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 23 Apr. 2025
Finally, the convertible liners on soft-top versions tend to get loose by the rear windows when the threads holding them in place break due to age.
—Karl Brauer, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
Students are taken out to the water on soft-top surfboards, which are safer and more cushioned and stable than hard-top surfboards – that can be adapted to their abilities.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 26 May 2024
The car comes with a retractable soft-top, although no pictures have been made available, that can be deployed in around 20 seconds at speeds of up to 30 mph.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 7 May 2024
Hardtop coupe and soft-top convertible body styles are offered.
—James Raia, The Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2024
The first is the wide-scale production of cheap soft-top surfboards, which are floaty enough to catch pretty much every mushy wave that rolls through.
—Jay Caspian Kang, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2024
There is, of course, a fabric soft-top for when the weather takes a turn for the worse.
—Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Soft-top.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soft-top. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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