roof
/ɹuːf/ · noun
Meaning
- The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
- The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- (rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall
- To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- To put into prison, to bird.
- To shelter as if under a roof.
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