ROOF meaning: Covering that protects a structure

We found 52 dictionaries that define the word roof:

General (28 matching dictionaries)

roof: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
roof: Merriam-Webster
roof, roof: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
roof: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
roof: Collins English Dictionary
roof: Vocabulary.com
Roof, roof: Wordnik
roof: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
Roof, Roof: InfoVisual Visual Dictionary
Roof, roof: Wiktionary
roof: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
roof: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
roof: Infoplease Dictionary
roof: Dictionary.com
roof: Online Etymology Dictionary
roof: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
Roof (Chinese constellation), Roof, The Roof (Back in Time): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Roof: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
roof: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
roof: Rhymezone
roof: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
roof: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
roof: FreeDictionary.org
roof: Mnemonic Dictionary
roof: TheFreeDictionary.com
roof: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Art (2 matching dictionaries)

ROOF: The Britannia Lexicon (Middle Ages Glossary)
Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)

Business (2 matching dictionaries)

Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
roof: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)

roof: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)

roof: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
online medical dictionary (No longer online)
roof: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (4 matching dictionaries)

Brilliant Dream Dictionary (No longer online)
ROOF: Acronym Finder
AbbreviationZ (No longer online)
roof: Idioms

Religion (1 matching dictionary)

Roof: Smith's Bible Dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)

roof, roof, roof, roof, roof: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
Roof, roof: Urban Dictionary

Sports (3 matching dictionaries)

Roof: Backgammon
Hickok Sports Glossaries (No longer online)
Roof: Sports Definitions

Tech (6 matching dictionaries)

AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
Roofing Terms (No longer online)
Glossary of Coal Mining Terms (No longer online)
Glossary of Energy Terms (No longer online)
SeaTalk Dictionary of English Nautical Language (No longer online)
Urban Conservation Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
▸ noun:  The top external level of a building.
▸ noun:  The upper part of a cavity.
▸ noun:  (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
▸ noun:  (climbing) An overhanging rock wall.
▸ noun:  (slang, archaic) A hat.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
▸ verb:  To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
▸ verb:  (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
▸ verb:  (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.
▸ noun:  (astronomy) A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius and Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
▸ noun:  A surname.

Similar:

rooftop, eaves, skylight, roofline, ceiling, roofing, parapet, canopy, chimney, dome, more...

Opposite:

floor, ground, basement, cellar, foundation

Types:

tile, shingle, slate, asphalt, metal, fiberglass, wood, more...

Phrases:

roof over, Flat roof, thatched roof, pitched roof, Roof tiles, more...

Adjectives:

same, flat, thatched, vaulted, pitched, tiled, high, low, arched, wooden, red

Colors:

red, brown, gray, black, green, more...