HOW TO PRONOUNCE
roof
/ɹuːf/
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What does roof mean?
noun
- The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
More meanings (9)
noun
- The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- An overhanging rock wall.
- (archaic, slang) A hat.
verb
- To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- (slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- To shelter as if under a roof.
proper noun
- A Chinese constellation located near Aquarius and Pegasus, one of the 28 lunar mansions and part of the larger Black Turtle.
- A surname.
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IPA pronunciation
/ɹuːf/
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It was the vane on the roof turning round, and this change in the wind was the signal for a disastrous rain.
Also from the roof we could make out more, and even, in one place, glimpse a sort of path below the wall.
More book examples (3)
As I raised my eyes toward its roof to note the height I saw far above me a faint glow of light.
“A Pyncheon must not, at all events under her forefathers’ roof, receive money for a morsel of bread from her only friend!”
Your roof, as you know very well, has been recently repaired, and has no aperture by which even a Woman could penetrate.