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Meaning of roof tree | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
    archaic
  2. By extension: a peaked roof, especially of a house; by further extension: a house, a dwelling structure, a building used as a home.
    figuratively

Equivalents

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Examples

“Everyone is supposed to know what a mortgage is. With most the experience is personal; in the course of a generation few roof trees avoid this affliction.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

roof-brain chatter roof-plate roofage roofball roofbeam roofbolt

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