roof
Definitions
- ceiling
- The external covering at the top of a building.
- A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius and Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- A surname.
- The top external level of a building.
- first-person singular present indicative of techar
- The upper part of a cavity.
- The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- An overhanging rock wall.
- A hat.
Equivalents
72 more languages
Afrikaansdak
বাংলাছাদ
Bosanskikrovkrovićkrovinakrovninebonepcestrehastroptaktavantoдахкровкровинакровићкровнинепцесводстрехастроптаван
Dansktag
Esperantotegmento
Eestikatus
Gàidhligmullach
ગુજરાતીછત
עבריתגג
Hrvatskikrovkrovićkrovinakrovninebonepcestrehastroptaktavantoдахкровкровинакровићкровнинепцесводстрехастроптаван
Íslenskaþak
Italianotetto
ភាសាខ្មែរដំបូល
한국어지붕
Кыргызчачатыр
ລາວຫຼັງຄາ
Lietuviųstogas
Latviešujumts
Македонскипокрив
മലയാളംമേൽക്കൂര
Монголдээвэр
Maltisaqaf
မြန်မာအမိုး
नेपालीछाना
ଓଡ଼ିଆଛାତ
ਪੰਜਾਬੀਛੱਤ
پښتوبام
Slovenčinastrecha
Shqipçati
Српскиkrovkrovićkrovinakrovninebonepcestrehastroptaktavantoдахкровкровинакровићкровнинепцесводстрехастроптаван
Kiswahilipaa
தமிழ்கூரை
తెలుగుకప్పు
Тоҷикӣбом
ไทยหลังคา
اردوچھت
isiZuluuphahla
Examples
“The roof was blown off by the tornado.”
“'Twas the house I'd seen the roof of from the beach.”
“The very first sound⟳ that you’ll hear⟳ on the roof (Provided there’s fog) will be Rudolph’s small hoof.”
“The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! We don't need⟳ no water: Let⟳ the motherfucker burn! Burn, motherfucker, burn!”
“Let's go up to the roof.”
“When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face⟳, I climb⟳ way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space On the roof, it's peaceful as can be And there, the world below can't bother me...”
“The palate is the roof of the mouth.”
“As Bent pulled away to the far post⟳, Agbonlahor opted to go it alone, motoring past Gary Caldwell before unleashing a shot into the roof of the net.”
“Tom thought his cap a very knowing affair, but confessed that he had a hat in his hat-box; which was accordingly at once extracted from the hind-boot, and Tom equipped in his go-to-meeting roof, as his new friend called it.”
CEFR level
B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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