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roof meaning

EN[ɹuːf] [ɹʊf] [-ʊf] [-uːf]
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WRoof
  • A roof /ˈruf/ is part of a building envelope, both the covering on the uppermost part of a building or shelter which provides protection from animals and weather, notably rain, but also heat,
  • The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers,
  • A roof may also provide additional living space, for example a roof garden.
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    Definition of roof in English Dictionary

  • NounPLroofsPLrooves
    1. The cover at the top of a building.
      1. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path […]. It twisted and turned, [ …] and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn. And, back of the lawn, was a big, old-fashioned house, with piazzas stretching in front of it, and all blazing with lights. 'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.
    2. The upper part of a cavity.
      1. As Bent pulled away to the far post, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.
    3. (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
    4. VerbSGroofsPRroofingPT, PProofed
      1. To cover or furnish with a roof.
      2. More Examples
        1. Used in the Middle of Sentence
          • Man, he sure cleaned up last night at the blackjack table.   The investors cleaned up when the stock hit the roof last year. ‎
          • Sound my barbaric yawps over the roofs of the world - Walt Whitman
          • Placing his hand on the doorknob he could hear his father's indignant voice: "If he's no job he can damn well sling his hook, he's not living under my roof free gratis, I want him out."
        2. Used in the Ending of Sentence
          • The “vertical kampong” that is being planned in Woodlands will bring together homes, shops, clinics, childcare and eldercare services, a hawker centre, gardens and public spaces under one roof.
          • They kept a barrel to store rainwater that has run off the roof.
          • When I found out he wrecked my brand-new car, I hit the roof.
      • Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
        1. Nouns
          • Countable nouns
          • Verbs
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          1. en roofs
          2. en roofed
          3. en roofer
          4. en roofy
          5. en roofe
          Source: Wiktionary

          Meaning of roof for the defined word.

          Grammatically, this word "roof" is a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb.
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