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roofing

[ roo-fing, roof-ing ]

noun

  1. the act of covering with a roof.
  2. material for roofs.
  3. a roof.


roofing

/ ˈruːfɪŋ /

noun

  1. material used to construct a roof
  2. the act of constructing a roof


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Word History and Origins

Origin of roofing1

First recorded in 1400–50, roofing is from the late Middle English word rovyng. See roof, -ing 1

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Example Sentences

The Nehers helped expand the school with sun-baked mud bricks and grass roofing.

The Daily Pic: In 1904 in Manhattan, the great Guastavino Co. gave palatial roofing to a subway station that's now derelict.

There were trees and electrical poles strewn across the road and corrugated iron roofing that had been ripped off houses.

That probably describes most of the non-union roofing firms in the country.

Roofing companies are mostly small shops, which makes them hard to organize.

Work was not wanting also in repairing and roofing the buildings and the mill, abandoned since our return in 1607.

He further proposes to use it in the form of a solid cardboard as a roofing material for light structures.

A very usual one is a double layer of roofing slates laid in neat Portland cement (fig. 8), the joints being well lapped.

Over his head was a roofing not unlike the inside of a vast skull, which might have been imagined to have been recently dissected.

Prubisyunali lang nag atup myintras tantu, Just put up temporary roofing for the time being.

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