gabled roof

  • 1gabled — adj. furnished or constructed with a gable; of a house or roof; as, a gabled roof. Opposite of {ungabled}. [WordNet 1.5] …

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  • 2Roof — 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… …

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  • 3gabled — adjective (of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall a gabled roof • Ant: ↑hipped …

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  • 4roof — n. 1) to install a roof 2) a gabled; shingle; slate roof 3) a roof leaks 4) (misc.) to raise the roof ( to complain vociferously ); to hit the roof (AE) ( to lose one s temper ) * * * [ruːf] shingle slate roof to hit the roof ( to lose one s… …

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  • 5roof — 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.… …

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  • 6roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …

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  • 7gabled — [[t]ge͟ɪb(ə)ld[/t]] ADJ: usu ADJ n A gabled building or roof has a gable. ...the entrance of an attractive gabled house. ...steeply gabled roofs …

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  • 8gabled — adj. Gabled is used with these nouns: ↑house, ↑roof …

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  • 9gabled — gable ► NOUN 1) the triangular upper part of a wall at the end of a ridged roof. 2) a gable shaped canopy over a window or door. DERIVATIVES gabled adjective. ORIGIN Old Norse …

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  • 10gabled — ga·bled || geɪbld adj. having gables, having triangular sections of wall below a pitched roof …

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