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rooflike

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roof

  [roof, roof] noun, plural roofs, verb
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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.
6. Mining. the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit.
–verb (used with object)
7. to provide or cover with a roof.
—Idioms
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:
bef. 900; ME (n.); OE hrōf; c. D roef cover, cabin, ON hrōf

Related forms:
rooflike, adjective
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Medical Dictionary

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>
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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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.

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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