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21mansard — also mansard roof noun (C) a roof whose lower part slopes more steeply than its upper part …
22Roof pitch — Relates to the slope and inclination angle of a roof in building construction. A roof is considered pitched with a gradient greater than 15 degrees (slope greater than 3.215 in 12).Carpenters frame (build) rafters to pitch a roof. A roof s pitch… …
23mansard — ► NOUN ▪ a roof having four sides, in each of which the lower part of the slope is steeper than the upper part. ORIGIN named after the 17th century French architect François Mansart …
24Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …
25roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …
26mansard — (manh SAHR) [French, after the 17th century French architect François Mansart] An angled roof design in which the slope from ridge to eaves has two distinct surfaces or sections: the upper section is nearly flat, with a low pitch, while the… …
27mansard — noun Mansard is used before these nouns: ↑roof …
28roof — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. covering, housetop, rooftop, shelter, ceiling; home, rooftree; top, summit. See abode, height. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rooftop, housetop, cover, shelter, tent, awning, house, habitation, home. Styles… …
29mansard — man•sard [[t]ˈmæn sɑrd, sərd[/t]] n. 1) archit. Also called man′sard roof′. a hip roof each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part 2) archit. the story under such a roof • Etymology: 1725–35; < F mansarde, after… …
30mansard — n. a roof which has four sloping sides, each of which becomes steeper halfway down. Etymology: F mansarde f. F. Mansard, Fr. architect d. 1666 …
