Rooftop

Definitions

1. The area atop a roof.
   formal
2. Synonym of Roof, a Chinese constellation.
3. The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.

Equivalents

Examples

“In love⟳, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!”

“Why do you think⟳ the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary⟳.)”

“Riding the District west of Hammersmith, you immediately know⟳ something exciting is coming up, because at Ravenscourt Park⟳ you are level with the rooftops.”

“The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop.”

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