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roof

UK/ɹuːf/ US/ɹʊf/ common slang
noun (2) verb (1)

noun

1.

a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

2.

verb

1.

provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

Origin

From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”). Cognates Cognate with Dutch roef (“cabin on a boat”), Faroese rógv (“roof”); also Czech, Polish, and Slovene strop (“ceiling”), Russian строп (strop, “attic, loft, roof”), Serbo-Croatian стро̏п, strȍp (“ceiling”).

Phrases

  • barrel roof
  • blow the roof off
  • built-up roof
  • burn the roof
  • butterfly roof
  • catslide roof
  • coach roof
  • curb roof
  • roof over

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