Meaning of rooved | Babel Free

Definitions

Uncommon form of roofed.

form-of, not-comparable, uncommon

Examples

“From in front of our bungalow we can look⟳ across a shallow valley to the white-washed and tin-rooved houses in Akropong.”

“Just along Hampton Way at Hinckley Wood is the Queens Pavilion, a complex of conical-rooved buildings where you will find⟳ magnificent international food and an excellent selection of wines.”

“Only two years before a visitor had commented on the ‘picturesque and pleasing effects’ of the ‘lofty cocoanut trees, on the shingle-rooved houses, standing on mahogany pillars some ten feet above the ground’, though a more critical observer thought they looked as if stranded by a receding ebb-tide; […]”

“The town itself is one of flat-rooved houses, stretched resources and economic decay.”

“The thatched-rooved, mud houses were set⟳ on fire during clashes in Deopar village after a 48-hour lull in the fighting.”

“That same week that I received her letter two others had reached Peter Warrington and I (thanks to our Books) both describing other sightings of UPOs landing or hovering over flat-rooved buildings!”

“He would drive⟳ along above the little town with its flat, straight roads, iron-rooved houses, hedged gardens.”

“Salt is in a deep valley, with flat-rooved houses built into the hillsides, where protesters took up position, leaving the police at a severe disadvantage.”

“It is partly underground, and consists of a series of chambers in a solid concrete flat-rooved rectangular building, surrounded by a fence.”

“From the top there are extensive views over Dinan’s steep-rooved houses to the surrounding countryside (tower open⟳ 10.45am–1.15pm, 3–6pm, but avoid⟳ going on the hour unless you want⟳ to be deafened by the bells!).”

“We did Kansas City’s Country Club Plaza, America’s first shopping center, and at holiday time, the beautifully lit red-tile-rooved stucco buildings, striking fountains and romantic courtyards are never more evocative.”

“I woke when we reached the outskirts of Benin, a blur of dusty-rooved houses waiting to be washed by the rain⟳.”

“As you leave⟳ Welford, the path cuts a swath through large tracts of wheat and quickly arrives at Weston-on-Avon, a super-cute village with white-washed thatched-rooved houses, but no commerce.”

“There are good views of the Cherni Lom gorge, with the red-rooved houses of Cherven village clinging to the limestone ridges above it.”

“The campsite is excellently made and there are rooved buildings for hammocks and tents.”

“But hey, you know⟳, the sky is this deep azure blue, and you sit⟳ on top of one of those flat-rooved houses in the evening, and you look⟳ up and the sky is full of stars, and it’s the closest you can get⟳ to heaven.”

“These men went around with wooden pallets with which they shoveled snow⟳ off the flat rooved houses.”

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