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Roof
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Roof
/ruːf/
The top covering of a building that provides protection from weather.
Synonyms:
ceiling
covering
top
Antonyms:
floor
basement
Examples:
The houses with tiled
roofs
had had their tiles stripped off.
Drying her eyes, Lenina walked across the
roof
to the lift.
The
roof
leaks.
Etymology:
From Middle English
rof
, from Old English
hrōf
, akin to Dutch
roef
, Old Norse
hróf
, related to Old High German
ruova
.
Usage Statistics:
34 mentions per 1 million words
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