roof
/ɹuːf/
noun
- 1
The external covering at the top of a building.
“The roof was blown off by the tornado.”
- 2
The top external level of a building.
“Let's go up to the roof.”
- 3
The upper part of a cavity.
“The palate is the roof of the mouth.”
- 4
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- 5
(rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall
verb
- 1
To cover or furnish with a roof.
- 2
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- 3
To put into prison, to bird.
- 4
To shelter as if under a roof.
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