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Roof

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Noun

1. roof

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

2. roof

protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

3. roof

the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space

Example Sentences:
'the roof of the cave was very high'
'I could see the roof of the bear's mouth'

4. cap, ceiling, roof

an upper limit on what is allowed

Example Sentences:
'he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him'
'there was a roof on salaries'
'they established a cap for prices'

Verb

5. roof

provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Roof

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nounWord forms: plural roofs (ruːfs , ruːvz )
1. 
a. 
a structure that covers or forms the top of a building
b. 
(in combination)
the rooftop
c. 
(as modifier)
a roof garden
2. 
the top covering of a vehicle, oven, or other structure
the roof of a car
3. anatomy
any structure that covers an organ or part
the roof of the mouth
4. 
a highest or topmost point or part
Mount Everest is the roof of the world
5. 
a house or other shelter
a poor man's roof
6. mountaineering
the underside of a projecting overhang
7.  hit the roof
8.  raise the roof
verb
9. (transitive)
to provide or cover with a roof or rooflike part

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Roof

see synonyms of roof
nounWord forms: plural roofs
1. 
the outside top covering of a building
2. 
figuratively, a house or home
3. 
the top or peak of anything
the roof of the world
4. 
anything like a roof in position or use
the roof of the mouth
verb transitive
5. 
to provide or cover with or as with a roof

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Roof

see synonyms of roof
n.
1.
a. The exterior surface and its supporting structures on the top of a building.
b. The upper exterior surface of a dwelling as a symbol of the home itself: three generations living under one roof.
2. The top covering of something: the roof of a car.
3. The upper surface of an anatomical structure, especially one having a vaulted inner structure: the roof of the mouth.
4. The highest point or limit; the summit or ceiling: A roof on prices is needed to keep our customers happy.
tr.v. roofed, roof·ing, roofs
To furnish with a roof or cover.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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