roof

Noun

1. The external covering at the top of a building.
2. The top external level of a building.
3. The upper part of a cavity.
4. The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
5. An overhanging rock wall.
6. (archaic, slang) A hat.

Verb

1. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
3. (slang, transitive) To put into prison, to bird.
4. (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːf/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: rof

Inherited from Old English: hrōf

Inherited from Middle English: rofen

In summary

From Middle English rof, from Old English hrōf (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”).

Synonyms

thatch

ceiling

cover

roofing

rooftop

top

🔝

shelter

housetop

house

🏠

cap

palate

covering

home

🏠

hood

head

give refuge

lid

harbour

lean-to

roof covering

terrace

shingle

summit

upper plate

roof terrace

cowling

canopy

heaven

hat

👒

shack

corner

build

acme

fell

end

🔚

chamber

dormer

overhead

dome

appearance

ridge

one

look

cupola

safe house

set

culmination

shad

carrier plate

leak

Translations

toit

Dach

tetto

techo

dak

telhado

dach

tejado

çatı

στέγη

teulada

techar

überdachen

toiture

overkapping

Sentences

An iron truss roof covers the building .

In the center of the roof is a white pedestal supporting an overturned pineapple .