Roof \Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr?f top, roof; akin to D. roef
cabin, Icel. hr?f a shed under which ships are built or kept;
cf. OS. hr?st roof, Goth. hr?t. Cf. Roost.]
1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing
(see Roofing) and all the materials and construction
necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or
other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted
ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the
vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It
is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling
only, in cases where it has farther covering.
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2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or
the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof
of the mouth.
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The flowery roof
Showered roses, which the morn repaired. --Milton.
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3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying
a bed of coal or a flat vein.
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Bell roof, French roof, etc. (Arch.) See under Bell,
French, etc.
Flat roof. (Arch.)
(a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some
Oriental buildings.
(b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material
as allows the water to run off freely from a very
slight inclination.
Roof plate. (Arch.) See Plate, n., 10.
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Source: The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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137 Moby Thesaurus words for "roof":
Dymaxion house, French roof, M roof, White House, abiding place,
abode, address, adobe house, ancestral halls, apex, barrack roof,
bonnet, building, bulkhead, cantonment, cap, casa, ceil, ceiling,
chamber, chimney corner, clerestory, cliff dwelling, coif,
consulate, cork, country house, country seat, crash pad, crest,
crib, crown, cupola, dacha, deanery, dome, domicile, domus,
dwelling, dwelling house, dwelling place, eaves, edifice, embassy,
erection, fabric, family homestead, farm, farmhouse, fireplace,
fireside, foyer, gable roof, geodesic dome, habitation, hall, hat,
haven, hearth, hearth and home, hearthstone, home, home place,
home roof, home sweet home, homestead, hood, house, houseboat,
household, housetop, ingle, inglenook, ingleside, lake dwelling,
lantern, living machine, lodge, lodging, lodging place, lodgment,
manor house, manse, menage, nest, overhead, pad, parsonage,
paternal roof, peak, penthouse, place, place to live, plafond,
prefabricated house, presidential palace, ranch house, rectory,
residence, ridgepole, roof garden, roof in, roof-deck, roofage,
roofing, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, seat, shed roof, shelter,
shield, shingles, skylight, skyscraper, slate roof, slates,
sod house, split-level, stopper, structure, summit, surface,
thatched roof, tiles, tip, toft, top, top floor, top side, topside,
topsides, town house, upper side, upside, vertex, vicarage
Source: Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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Roof \Roof\, n. [OE. rof, AS. hr?f top, roof; akin to D. roef
cabin, Icel. hr?f a shed under which ships are built or kept;
cf. OS. hr?st roof, Goth. hr?t. Cf. Roost.]
1. (Arch.) The cover of any building, including the roofing
(see Roofing) and all the materials and construction
necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or
other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted
ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the
vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It
is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling
only, in cases where it has farther covering.
2. That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or
the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof
of the mouth.
The flowery roof Showered roses, which the morn
repaired. --Milton.
3. (Mining.) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying
a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Bell roof, French roof, etc. (Arch.) See under Bell,
French, etc.
Flat roof. (Arch.)
(a) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some
Oriental buildings.
(b) A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material
as allows the water to run off freely from a very
slight inclination.
Roof plate. (Arch.) See Plate, n., 10.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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