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noun
1.
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
2.
a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
3.
the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
4.
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.
5.
a house.
verb (used with object)
7.
to provide or cover with a roof.
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8.
go through the roof,
a.
to increase beyond all expectations: Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.
b.
Also, hit the roof. Informal. to lose one's temper; become extremely angry.
9.
raise the roof, Informal.
a.
to create a loud noise: The applause raised the roof.
b.
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
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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roof (ruːf) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —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
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.
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Example sentences
And now that roof is rotting, threatening the structural integrity of the building.
In the background is the incongruous yet constant beat of a percussion section on the building's roof.
The proposed roof bubble detracts from the pure shape and statement of the building's original designers.
The owners escaped the fire by climbing the stairs to the roof and then over to the building next door.
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