tope

IPA: tˈoʊp

A small, grey, European shark, Galeorhinus galeus, that has rough skin and a long snout.
(India) A grove of trees.
A mound-like Buddhist sepulchre, or memorial monument, often erected over a relic; a stupa.
A surname.

Examples of "tope" in Sentences

The infamous Mexican tope is a murderous roadway device meant to slow vehicular traffic.
The other kind of tope is unofficial, but I have dubbed it the inverse, or reverse, tope.
The reverse tope is simply where a couple of volunteers dig a trench in the road, side to side, to curb the ardour of the nascent psychopath.
Like its forerunner, the reverse tope is liable to be any depth or width; it depends on the whim of the spade wielders, or perhaps how deeply they had descended towards the bottom of a tequila bottle.