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1Roof — 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… …
2roof — 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.… …
3roof mushroom — noun a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae; the shape of the cap resembles a roof; often abundant early in the summer • Syn: ↑Pluteus, ↑genus Pluteus • Hypernyms: ↑fungus genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Pluteaceae, ↑ …
4roof rail — A longitudinal side member above the doors to which the roof panel is attached. Also called cantrail …
5roof rat — noun common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide • Syn: ↑black rat, ↑Rattus rattus • Hypernyms: ↑rat • Member Holonyms: ↑Rattus, ↑genus Rattus * * * …
6Hip roof — A bungalow in Chicago with a hipped roof …
7Green roof — Traditional sod roofs can be seen in many places in the Faroe Islands …
8Cat on a Hot Tin Roof — Infobox Play name = Cat on a Hot Tin Roof image size = caption = writer = Tennessee Williams chorus = characters = Maggie Pollitt Brick Pollitt Big Daddy Pollitt Big Mama Pollitt Mae Pollitt Gooper Pollitt Mae Gooper s children setting = The… …
9A Shoggoth on the Roof — is a parody musical of Fiddler on the Roof based on the works of H. P. Lovecraft. Published by the H. P. Lovecraft Historical Society, it is credited to a member of the society who is referred to only as He Who (for legal reasons) Must Not Be… …
10Gable roof — Gable Ga ble, n. [OE. gable, gabil, F. gable, fr. LL. gabalum front of a building, prob. of German or Scand. origin; cf. OHG. gibil, G. giebel gable, Icel. gafl, Goth. gibla pinnacle; perh. akin to Gr. ? head, and E. cephalic, or to G. gabel fork …
