roof
The external covering at the top of a building.
Example
“The roof was blown off by the tornado.”
Other meanings
The top external level of a building.
“Let's go up to the roof.”
The upper part of a cavity.
“The palate is the roof of the mouth.”
A kind of
- protective covering
Kinds of roof
- dome
- saddle roof
- hip roof
- slate roof
- sunshine-roof
- thatched roof
- tile roof
Word history
From Old English "hrōf" (roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “roof” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.