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roof

[roof, roof]

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noun

the external upper covering of a house or other building.

a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.

the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.

something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.

a house.

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verb (used with object)

to provide or cover with a roof.

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Roof is one of our favorite verbs.

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to run away hurriedly; flee.

to bark; yelp.

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Idioms

go through the roof,

to increase beyond all expectations: Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.

Also, hit the roof, Informal. to lose one's temper; become extremely angry.

raise the roof, Informal.

to create a loud noise: The applause raised the roof.

to complain or protest noisily: He'll raise the roof when he sees that bill.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English hrōf; cognate with Dutch roef cover, cabin, Old Norse hrōf

Related forms

roof·like, adjective

re·roof, verb (used with object)

self-roofed, adjective

un·der·roof, noun

un·roofed, adjective

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Example Sentences

Water views can be seen from every angle on the roof deck.

It really doesn't take as long to do a roof mount as people think.

The roof of the channel then descends, immobilising the worm completely.

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Water views can be seen from every angle on the roof deck.

It really doesn't take as long to do a roof mount as people think.

The roof of the channel then descends, immobilising the worm completely.

How much a green roof lowers energy costs depends on the type of roof and the climate in which it's installed.

And why stop with the roof of the car, why not design the trunk and hood to also house thin film solar cells.

And now that roof is rotting, threatening the structural integrity of the building.

Most rooftop gardens are too heavy to be practical, but this green roof is made up of lightweight moss and comes together easily.

Now look at this picture showing where the roof supports meet the roof.

Chevy says an adhesive is not strong enough, which could allow the roof panel to pull away from the frame.

In the background is the incongruous yet constant beat of a percussion section on the building's roof.

The roof is made of a thin membrane that can be pushed down onto the creature.

Solar panels on the roof can cut a homeowner's use of conventional electricity in a sunny climate.

Sniffing is controlled in part by cranial nerves in the soft palate, the tissue lining the back of the roof of the mouth.

The proposed roof bubble detracts from the pure shape and statement of the building's original designers.

Redwood lattice battens and a shed roof create the rustic ranch-house look.

He plummeted for a second, then pulled his cord, slowing to a nice descent toward the tiled roof.

Paul climbs up to the top of the roof deck for the first time.

We all lurch and lose our balance-a truly horrifying experience when it happens on a roof.

But this does not mean that the roof is not still in danger of falling in on his presidency.

Solar roof tiles can blend in with standard asphalt shingles.

Roof maintenance, repair, and shading issues may also be mitigated due to the small size of the micro-cells.

Nader ran to the roof of his apartment building, where he had a view of the towers less than two miles away.

The narrow wedge of space under the slanting roof is open to keep out rain but allow in light and air.

And it's being incorporated into roof shingles, so you can actually have solar-powered roofs without putting on separate panels.

What if the roof caves in or the water heater blows or the stove stops working or, or, or.

Most strikingly, the house below has a gleaming white roof of fireproof chippings embedded in a mastic undercoating.

In short, a cool roof is a roof designed to reflect sunlight and heat.

And one doesn't have to put it on a roof but can be put in the yard.

She told me of a house which had its roof blown off and a signed check lying on a table below wasn't even blown off the table.

He also altered the flat ceilings by adding a gentle pitch to the roof over the original beams.

With gas prices going through the roof and everyone worried about.

From the roof of their building, they watched protesters clash with police.

When the snow is deep, you can jump off the roof of your house into a drift.

The prehistoric predator used the sharp teeth protruding from the roof of its mouth to snag large prey, scientists say.

Solar technology does not exist today that you can put on your roof and get a payback on in time to pay for what you purchased.

Four two-story-high black slate walls, three of which have a sloped roof running along them, surround the rectangular court.

In some troughs, cotoneasters spill over the edges to the gravel-covered roof.

The ugliest damn grill in the whole world sits on my roof.

One did a lot of damage and dumped a couple of school buses on the roof of a school building.

Windows were smashed, fires lit, fire extinguishers flung from the roof and police pelted with sticks.

Roof size, strength and orientation are primary, practical considerations of a solar energy installation.

The stress level is through the roof because they have no idea of what's going to happen with them.

The cottage's angled metal roof is available with an integrated.

At the top level is the chateau roof which obscures the rooms below and thus hides the cheese.

It is senseless to embark on promising new initiatives with a leaky roof.

Such dithering is to confidence what termites are to wooden roof beams.

Bangladeshi migrants sleep atop the roof of a speeding train.

We plan on roof, siding and roof replacement and added insulation later, then solar panels.

During the day, the white powder-coated roof almost acts as a sundial, casting a broad shadow onto the.

It's an explosive attack that a simple roof can't thwart.

It has its drawbacks, mostly that housing prices are through the roof.

Most office and apartment towers put the cooling units on the roof.

Minimize impervious surfaces and use rain barrels to catch water running off the roof.

We have been geo-engineering by using black asphalt for roads, on the roof of buildings.

Flower baskets hang from horizontal roof poles on this pondside cedar arbor.

That's not to imply that water reservoirs on what's often called the roof of the world aren't under stress.

When installed, the house will hang over the edge of a seventh-floor roof on the engineering building.

Musi-not wanting a car roof to impede his view-traveled in a rented purple convertible.

Two nights after a full moon a mountain lion climbed the walls of my hut and sat on top of my tin roof eating some animal.

The tops of tall liquidambars lopped off to make way for an expanded roof line.

Plus, all the faux terra cotta roof tiles are also made from cut fondant.

Either you will write the check, or the buyer will want to discount the price by some part of the replacement roof.

Clear out any extra weight and avoid using roof racks unless it's necessary.

The couple wanted to take advantage of some roof space for the loft bedroom.

The roof would be made with a wooden or steel structure.

One is preprofessional: preparing for a career that will put food on the table and a roof overhead.

The fangs fold back against the roof of the snake's mouth…then snap out in an instant to strike.

We should all get to hang in our pajamas and listen to the pitter patter on the roof.

There's a hole in the roof and a bushel of ginger drying under an awning.

Nobody wants to talk the roof biz because few people have strong opinions on the subject.

Or you can build a post-and-beam wooden frame that supports the roof and fill in the walls with straw bales.

It's also useful for covering the roof and sides of larger, permanent structures built.

To ready the missile for firing, the bay's roof was retracted and the missile lifted into a vertical position.

Additionally, the student loan default rate is through the roof and--at the tax payer's expense.

Arachibutyrophobia is the fear of getting peanut butter stuck to the roof of your mouth.

Here, stabilizers from the plane's tail section forms a roof over the master suite.

It's really kind of cool to have solar panels on your roof.

The owners escaped the fire by climbing the stairs to the roof and then over to the building next door.

People are on the roof of the cab, and straddling the rail of the bed, and pressed into the bed itself.

He does it by moving containerized tropicals under a corrugated plastic roof.

The campus got a donor to renovate a locale where the whole dept could be housed under one roof.

The building still stands, but the roof was severely damaged, and the bar had no electricity.

Clearly, the proportion of economic activities that are carried out under the for-profit roof has gone.

They keep their hives on roof tops or in community gardens.

Note the protag's age and figure out who pays for the roof over his head.

Putting solar panels on the roof is only one of the ways students are capturing energy from the forces of.

They have a bed and can come back at night to a roof over their heads, which is normal for them.

Trash on the roof of the world has become so bad that climbers mount expeditions specifically to clean up after past expeditions.

It's not enough to have a roof over your head and a job.

In recent years there has been a resurgence in this industry for upscale flooring, roof shingles, and countertops.

Loan default rates are through the roof at many of these schools.

Four hospitals in the city were seriously damaged by the storm, and the roof was torn off a nursing home, she said.

Just as a winter stream continues to flow beneath its ice cap, lava continues to move under this roof.

It is raised off the ground with a steep roof and long verandas.

Walk past an odd, triangular house that is all roof.

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World English Dictionary

roof (ruːf)

—n , pl roofs
1.	a. a structure that covers or forms the top of a building
	b. (in combination): the rooftop
	c. (as modifier): a roof garden
2.	the top covering of a vehicle, oven, or other structure: the roof of a car
3.	anatomy any structure that covers an organ or part: the roof of the mouth
4.	a highest or topmost point or part: Mount Everest is the roof of the world
5.	a house or other shelter: a poor man's roof
6.	mountaineering the underside of a projecting overhang
7.	informal hit the roof, go through the roof
	a. to get extremely angry; become furious
	b. to rise or increase steeply
8.	raise the roof
	a. to create a boisterous disturbance
	b. to react or protest heatedly

—vb
9.	(tr) to provide or cover with a roof or rooflike part

[Old English hrōf; related to Middle Dutch, Old Norse hrōf]

'roofer

—n

'roofless

—*adj*

'rooflike

—*adj*

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Word Origin & History

roof

O.E. hrof "roof, ceiling, top," from P.Gmc. *khrofaz (cf. O.Fris. rhoof "roof," M.Du. roof "cover, roof," Du. roef "deckhouse, cabin, coffin-lid," M.H.G. rof "penthouse," O.N. hrof "boat shed"). No apparent connections outside Gmc. "English alone has retained the word in a general sense, for which the

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other languages use forms corresponding to OE. þæc thatch" [OED]. The verb is from c.1475. Roof of the mouth is from late O.E. Raise the roof "create an uproar" is attested from 1860, originally in Southern Amer.Eng. Roofer "one who makes or repairs roofs" is from 1855.

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American Heritage

Medical Dictionary

roof (r&oomacr;f, r&oobreve;f)
n.
The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure.

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Idioms & Phrases

roof

In addition to the idiom beginning with roof, also see go through the roof; hit the ceiling (roof); like a cat on hot bricks (a hot tin roof); raise the roof.