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roof
has definitions from the field of architecture
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[ noun ] (architecture) a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
Used in print (Jim Berry Pearson, The Maxwell Land Grant....)In deadly earnest , the besiegers methodically stripped away portions of the roof and tossed lighted rags inside , only to have most stamped_out by the women as_soon_as they hit the floor . Finding it true that he was not inside , the deputies returned to the first house and tore holes through the side and the roof until they could see a body on the bed covered by a blanket . (Robert Penn Warren, Wilderness....)Beyond that misty gray of the rain , he saw the stretching hutment , low diminutive log_cabins , chinked with mud , with doorways a man would have_to crouch to get through , with roofs of tenting laid_over boughs or boards from hardtack boxes , or fence_rails , with cranky chimneys of sticks and dried mud . The smoke from that chimney rose as sluggishly as smoke from any other , and hung as sadly in the drizzle , creeping back_down along the sopping canvas of the roof . (Leon Uris, Mila 8....)Maybe yes , maybe no , but you can observe everything from the roof of a barrack we are building '' . |
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[ noun ] protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
Used in print (Ralph J. Salisbury, "On the Old Santa Fe Trail...)High , so it would only bounce harmlessly but loudly off the car 's steel roof . Related terms |
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[ noun ] Last name, frequency rank in the U.S. is 6108
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