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roof
[roof, roo
f] 
noun, plural roofs, verb –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. |
| 6. | Mining. the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit. |
–verb (used with object)
—Idioms| 7. | to provide or cover with a roof. |
| 8. | go through the roof,
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| 9. | raise the roof, Informal.
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Origin:
bef. 900; ME (n.); OE hrōf; c. D roef cover, cabin, ON hrōf
bef. 900; ME (n.); OE hrōf; c. D roef cover, cabin, ON hrōf
Related forms:
rooflike, adjective
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| roof (rōōf, rŏŏf) n.
To furnish or cover with or as if with a roof. [Middle English, from Old English hrōf.] |
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Roof
Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr?f top, roof; akin to D. roef cabin, Icel. hr?f a shed under which ships are built or kept; cf. OS. hr?st roof, Goth. hr?t. Cf. Roost.]1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering. 2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth. The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn repaired. --Milton. 3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein. Bell roof, French roof, etc. (Arch.) See under Bell, French, etc. Flat roof. (Arch.) (a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings. (b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination. Roof plate. (Arch.) See Plate, n., 10.Roof
Roof\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Roofed; p. pr. & vb. n. Roofing.]1. To cover with a roof. I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings that have not been roofed with vaults or arches. --Addison. 2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter. Here had we now our country's honor roofed. --Shak.
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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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Main Entry: roof
Pronunciation: 'rüf, 'ruf
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural roofs /'rüfs, 'rufs also 'rüvz,'ruvz/
1 : the vaulted upper boundary of the mouth supported largely by the palatine bones and limited anteriorly by the dental lamina and posteriorly by the uvula and upperpart of the fauces
2 : a covering structure of any of various parts of the body other than the mouth <roof of the skull> <roof of the dental pulp chamber>
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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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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.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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