Roof

noun

/ɹuːf/

Word Frequency: 19.3

Definitions

1.nounThe external covering at the top of a building.

"The roof was blown off by the tornado."

2.nounThe top external level of a building.

"Let's go up to the roof."

3.nounThe upper part of a cavity.

"The palate is the roof of the mouth."

4.nounThe surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

5.noun(rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall

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