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11mansard roof — noun a) A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space. b) A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point …
12mansard-roof — n. Curb roof, gambrel roof …
13mansard — UK [ˈmænsɑː(r)d] / US [ˈmænˌsɑrd] or mansard roof UK / US noun [countable] Word forms mansard : singular mansard plural mansards Word forms mansard roof : singular mansard roof plural mansard roofs a roof that slopes at a steeper angle at the… …
14Mansard — A mansard roof, instead of forming an inverted V, has rafters that are broken up and the lower slope is almost perpendicular, the upper more nearly flat; thus it has a double slope on each side. The roof allows for high rooms and useful space… …
15roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 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.… …
16mansard — /man sahrd, seuhrd/, n. 1. Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. See illus. under roof. Cf. French roof. 2. the story under such a roof. [1725 35; < F mansarde, named after N …
17mansard — man|sard [ˈmænsa:d US a:rd] n also mansard roof technical [Date: 1700 1800; : French; Origin: mansarde, from François Mansard (1598 1666), French architect] a roof whose lower part slopes more steeply than its upper part …
18mansard — 1. adjective having two slopes on each side, the lower being steeper than the upper 2. noun a) A mansard roof b) The upper …
19mansard — man|sard [ mæn,sard ] or ,mansard roof noun count a roof that slopes at a steeper angle at the lower part than at the upper part …
20mansard — man·sard || mænsÉ‘rd / sÉ‘Ëd n. type of roof having two slopes on either side (lower slope is steeper than the upper one); room or story beneath a mansard roof …
