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Meaning of roof | Babel Free

Noun masculine CEFR B1 Frequent

ɹuːf

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.
archaic, slang

Equivalents

Afrikaans dak

العربية إجار السقف بناء رفيف سطح سقف سمك علوي

Azərbaycanca dam örtük

Беларуская дах страха

Български покрив таван

বাংলা ছাদ

Bosanski krov krović krovina krovni nebo nepce streha strop tak tavan to дах кров кровина кровић кровни непце свод стреха строп таван

Català cobrir sostre teulada teular

Čeština střecha střešní

Cymraeg pen tŷ to toi

Dansk tag

Deutsch Dach Überdachen

Ελληνικά κεραμίδι οροφή σκεπή στεγάζω στέγη

Esperanto tegmento

Español cubrición sotechado techado techar techo techumbre tejadillo tejado

Eesti katus

Euskara sabai teilatu

Suomi katto ulkokatto vesikatto

Français roof toit

Gaeilge ceann díon

Gàidhlig mullach

Galego colmo teitar teito tellado tellar treito

ગુજરાતી છત

עברית גג

हिन्दी छत पटल

Hrvatski krov krović krovina krovni nebo nepce streha strop tak tavan to дах кров кровина кровић кровни непце свод стреха строп таван

Magyar háztető tető

Հայերեն կտուր տանիք

Bahasa Indonesia atap dak

Íslenska þak

Italiano tetto

日本語宇屋屋根㝢

ქართული ბანი სახურავი

Қазақша төбе шатыр

ខ្មែរ ដំបូល

한국어 지붕

Kurdî dak dam tavan to

Кыргызча чатыр

Latina doma grunda tēctum tegulum

Lingála motondo mwanza

ລາວ ຫຼັງຄາ

Lietuvių stogas

Latviešu jumts

Te Reo Māori ato tuanui

Македонски покрив

മലയാളം മേൽക്കൂര

Монгол дээвэр

Bahasa Melayu atap bumbung اتڤ بومبوڠ

Malti saqaf

မြန်မာဘာသာ အမိုး

नेपाली छाना

Nederlands dak plafond

ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଛାତ

ਪੰਜਾਬੀ ਛੱਤ

Polski dach dachowy sklepienie strop zadaszenie

پښتو بام

Português céu telhado teto

Română acoperământ acoperiș

Русский кров крыша свод стреха строп

Slovenčina strecha

Slovenščina nebo streha

Shqip çati

Српски krov krović krovina krovni nebo nepce streha strop tak tavan to дах кров кровина кровић кровни непце свод стреха строп таван

Svenska tak yttertak

Kiswahili paa

தமிழ் கூரை

తెలుగు కప్పు

Тоҷикӣ бом

ไทย หลังคา

Tagalog atip bubong

Türkçe çatı dam körük örtü tavan

Українська верх дах покриття стріха

اردو چھت

Tiếng Việt mái mai mái nhà Trần

IsiZulu uphahla

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

Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.

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