roof

Meaning

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.

Verb

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

Concepts

roof

thatch

ceiling

cover

roofing

rooftop

top

shelter

housetop

house

palate

cap

covering

lid

hood

shingle

home

head

summit

terrace

upper plate

roof terrace

roof covering

give refuge

harbour

lean-to

back

dormer

ventilator

be roofed with

cover with roofing

shack

shad

topside covering

cupola

dome

top part

house top

house-top

chamber

the roof of the mouth

hat

safe house

RF

cover fully

surface

> nyadenga 2

heaven

sky

weather

roof type

furnace roof

shaft top

acme

apex

crest

crown

culmination

jogging

knob

tip

tip side

vertex

hanging wall

upper wall

apical plate

backing deal

carrier plate

coverboard

crest slab

crown plate

head plate

top tray

cover with roof

install a roof

tin

zinc

corner

build

leak

cover over

roof a house

ridge

thatched

end

one

tile

empty house

canopy

fell

include

set

top out

overhead

umbrella

upper bound

upper limit

roofing material

truss

cowling

roof over

roof of mouth

build roof

above

upstairs

gut rehab

roofing materials

stick

look

appearance

space

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹuːf/

Etymology

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

Sentences

An iron truss roof covers the building .