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Definition: Roof |
RoofNoun1. A protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building. 2. Protective covering on top of a motor vehicle. Verb1. Provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "roof" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Building & Civil Engineering | A building component enclosing a building above, thus providing a weatherproof shelter. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | To find yourself on a roof in a dream, denotes unbounded success. To become frightened and think you are falling, signifies that, while you may advance, you will have no firm hold on your position. To see a roof falling in, you will be threatened with a sudden calamity. To repair, or build a roof, you will rapidly increase your fortune. To sleep on one, proclaims your security against enemies and false companions. Your health will be robust. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Energy | A building element that provides protection against the sun, wind, and precipitation. (references) |
Mechanical Engineering | Assembly forming the top closure of the freight container limited by the end frames and the roof rails. Source: European Union. (references) |
Metallurgy | Top part of gas producer. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. The rock immediately above a coal seam. It is commonly a shale and is often carbonaceous in character and softer than similar rocks higher up in the roof strata. The roof shale may contain streaks and wisps of coaly material, which tends to weaken the deposit. Roof in coal mining corresponds to hanging wall in metal mining. See also:roof ston b. In mine timbering there are two classifications of roof, the immediate roof and the main roof. The immediate roof lies directly over the coal and may be a single layer or several layers of rock material of the same, or different consistencies, and from a few inches to several feet in thickness. This roof requires timbering to support it as the coal is removed. The main roof is the roof above the immediate top, and may vary from a few feet to several hundred, or even thousands of feet in thickness. This roof is generally controlled by leaving pillars of solid coal that will support its weight c. The country rock bordering the upper surface of an igneous intrusion.CF:floor. (references) |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A roof is the top covering of a building. Flat roofs are often covered with tar and gravel and provided with drains to run off rain and snow. Variously shaped roofs are built to naturally shed water. These include straight, curved, and hipped styles. Some building styles, for example, geodesic and A-frame, blur the distinction between wall and roofs. Pitched roofs are often covered with asphalt shingles (in the US) although thatch, wood shake, steel, slate and tile roofs are common elsewhere. Newer systems include solar shingless which generate electricity as well as cover the roof.Several systems of construction transmit the weight of the roof to the walls of the building and tie the roof into the structure. These include: king (queen) post, truss, rafter
By extension one can speak of the roof of a tent, automobile, etc. A convertible is an automobile built with a folding, retracting, or removable roof.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roof."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
A roof garden is any garden on the roof of a building.The garden may be on the roof of an autonomous building that takes care of its own water and waste. The related idea of a living machine is based on the most basic mode of gardening: dumping wastes (compost and sewage, appropriately broken down, usually in some specialized ditch or container) on the soil, and harvesting food which, when processed, generates compost, and when eaten, generates sewage. In most of the world, this kind of very tight closed loop gardening is employed, despite certain health risks if modern technologies and methods are not employed.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Roof garden."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Abode | Home, fatherland; country; homestead, homestall; fireside; hearth, hearth stone; chimney corner, inglenook, ingle side; harem, seraglio, zenana; household gods, lares et penates, roof, household, housing, dulce domum, paternal domicile; native soil, native land. |
Angularity | Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof. |
Covering | Roof, ceiling, thatch, tile; pantile, pentile; tiling, slates, slating, leads; barrack, plafond, planchment, tiling, shed; (abode). |
Curvature | Carve, arc, arch, arcade, vault, bow, crescent, half-moon, lunule, horseshoe, loop, crane neck; parabola, hyperbola; helix, spiral; catenary, festoon; conchoid, cardioid; caustic; tracery; arched ceiling, arched roof; bay window, bow window. |
Violence | Explode, make a row, kick up a row; boil, boil over; fume, foam, come on like a lion, bluster, rage, roar, fly off the handle, go bananas, go ape, blow one's top, blow one's cool, flip one's lid, hit the ceiling, hit the roof; fly into a rage (anger). |
Wonder | Surprise, astonish, amaze, astound; dumfound, dumfounder; startle, dazzle; daze; strike, strike with wonder, strike with awe; electrify; stun, stupefy, petrify, confound, bewilder, flabbergast, stagger, throw on one's beam ends, fascinate, turn the head, take away one's breath, strike dumb; make one's hair stand on end, make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth; make one stare. |
World | Phrase: die Weltgeschichte ist das Weltergesicht; "earth is but the frozen echo of the silent voice of God"; "green calm below, blue quietness above"; "hanging in a golden chain this pendant World"; "nothing in nature is unbeautiful"; "silently as a dream the fabric rose"; "some touch of nature's genial glow"; "this majestical roof fretted with golden fire"; "through knowledge we behold the World's creation". |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Roof |
| English words defined with "roof": curb roof ♦ Deck roof ♦ False roof, Fence roof, Flat roof, French roof ♦ gable roof, gambrel roof ♦ hip roof ♦ M roof, mansard roof ♦ Open-timber roof ♦ raise the roof, roof garden, roof mushroom, roof peak ♦ saddle roof, saddleback roof, slate roof, Span roof ♦ thatched roof, tile roof, Tilt roof ♦ Valley roof. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "roof": absolute roof, arc furnace roof refractories ♦ barrel roof, Built-Up Roof ♦ crown roof ♦ green roof ♦ inverted roof ♦ main roof ♦ pitched roof area ♦ ringed roof, ROOF ASSEMBLER I, roof bolt, ROOF BOLTER, Roof Corner, roof covering, roof cut, roof drill, ROOF FITTER, roof jack, roof layer, Roof Pond, Roof Sheathing, roof station, roof testing, roof tin, roof vent, rope roof bolt ♦ swedish roof truss ♦ tower roof ♦ upside-down asphalt roof ♦ vibration method of roof testing. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "roof": Subtegulaneous. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Luckily, right at that moment and unconscious Argentinean fell through my roof. (Moulin Rouge!; writing credit: Baz Luhrmann; Craig Pearce) We sat and drank with the sun on our shoulders and felt like free men. Hell, we could have been tarring the roof of one of our own houses (The Shawshank Redemption; writing credit: Frank Darabont) I understand you may have had sexual relations with my daughter before, but under our roof, it's my way or the Long Island Expressway (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke) Marla the little scratch on the roof of your mouth that would heal if only you could stop tonguing it, but you can't (Fight Club; writing credit: Jim Uhls) He up on the roof. (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg) | |
Lyrics | On the roof, it's peaceful as can be (Up On the Roof; performing artist: James Taylor) Only shadows ahead barely clearing the roof (Don't Dream It's Over; performing artist: Crowded House) Tearing the roof off this mutha like Parliament (Funkdafied; performing artist: Da Brat) That's why you layin on your back, lookin at the roof of the church (Party Up; performing artist: DMX) Now I'm just like a cat on a hot tin roof (Get Down; performing artist: Gilbert O'Sullivan) | |
Tongue Twisters | Raise Ruth's red roof. (references; author: unknown) Ruth's red roof. (references; author: unknown) Three free thrilling frills fought on Ruth's roof. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Roof Needs Mowing (1971) Fiddler on the Roof (1971) The Girl on the Roof (1971) Raising the Roof (1970) Nudnik on the Roof (1966) | |
Song Titles | Up on the Roof (performing artist: James Taylor) Rain On The Roof (performing artist: The Lovin' Spoonful) TEAR THE ROOF OFF THE SUCKER (performing artist: PARLIAMENT) Up On The Roof (performing artist: The Drifters) Up the Ladder and to The Roof (performing artist: The Supremes) | |
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 | Domestic species are those that breed close to human habitation. Clogged roof gutters may contain larvae of any of the three domestic species including Culex quinquefasciatus, Culex pipiens, and Aedes aegypti. Credit: CDC. |  | A really giant conch on the roof of the "Hard Conch" restaurant. Credit: America's Coastlines. |
 | A thatched roof house in Christchurch. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |  | The "Skylab" building which was used as laboratories. There was a lounge on the third floor. An all-sky camera on the roof photographed auroras. Credit: Paths Less Taken - NOAA at the Ends of the Earth. |
 | Late afternoon cumulus buildup as seen from the roof of a University of Miami building. Credit: Flying With NOAA. |  | Isolated supercell south of Norman Ok. Photo taken from roof of NSSL. Credit: National Severe Storms Laboratory (NSSL). |
 | Underwater writing slates were used to record the different species adhering to the top, side and interior roof of pipes over time. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |  | Installing a 1/4 square meter grid for counting invertebrate species attaching to interior, roof of pipe. This location was a distinct habitat type ideal for larval settlement of oysters, sponges, bryozoa, and tunicates. Credit: The Coral Kingdom. |
 | Thatch roof and woven bamboo walls on native dwelling. Credit: Small World. |  | Bill Adkisson a new home owner works on the roof of his self help home in Placerville, CA. Credit: USDA. |
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| "Roof in alcatraz" by Paul Fitz Commentary: "A roof of a building I saw in alcatraz, san francisco." | "Allelyu roof" by Jay Mac Commentary: "Random alley Toronto." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Confucius | Don't complain about the snow on your neighbor's roof when your own doorstep is unclean. |
George Borrow | I am invariably of the politics of the people at whose table I sit, or beneath whose roof I sleep. |
James Russell Lowell | Compromise makes a good umbrella but a poor roof; it is a temporary expedient. |
M. Henry | A family without a government is like a house without a roof, exposed to every wind that blows. |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | If a fire breaks out, the taps are turned, and in one minute the theatre is flooded, up to the very roof! Thus the fire is extinguished |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | This turret had a roof, of which only the beams remain |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | Two of the supports of the porch roof were pushed out so that the roof flopped down on one end. |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | The roof is made after the same manner, and so are the doors |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | The Indians had advanced so far as to regulate the effect of the wind by a mat suspended over the hole in the roof and moved by a string |
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Health | A person with Marfan syndrome often has a long, narrow face, and the roof of the mouth may be arched, causing the teeth to be crowded. (references) | |
Palatal myoclonus is a regular, rhythmic contraction of one or both sides of the rear of the roof of the mouth, called the soft palate. (references) | ||
Infants who are born with a hole in the roof of the mouth (cleft palate) are unable to suck properly, which complicates nursing and drinking from a regular baby bottle. (references) | ||
Business | The country’s annual roof insulation market alone is 50 million square meters. (references) | |
Roof racks, as another example, are an increasingly growing and specialized because they are now a tailored rather than a generic product. (references) | ||
Exxel put these companies under one roof and is currently expanding operations into the Mercosur region, and planning to open department-type stores where the entire product line will be offered. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Russia | On July 13, a fire, which some Jewish leaders suspected to be the result of arson, damaged the roof and upper floor of the school. (references) |
Economic History | Sweden | Examples are engine heaters for the winter and roof boxes for skis. (references) |
China | One month after the opening of the Dalian airport (which used a tiny fraction of imports), the roof leaked during a mild rain. (references) | |
Human Rights | Bulgaria | In August 24 prisoners protested poor conditions at the Sofia Central Prison by climbing onto the roof of the jail. (references) |
Belgium | These facilities combine a variety of legal services under one roof, including legal aid, mediation, and victim's assistance. (references) | |
Turkey | In September Istanbul police raided a HADEP office, and a youth fleeing the police fell off the roof of the building and died. (references) | |
Trade | Poland | The ITB deals with products such as siding, roof shingles, windows and bricks. (references) |
Travel | Brazil | Local Transportation -- Meter taxis, identified by roof lights, are plentiful in urban areas. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | UNDERSTANDING, n. A cerebral secretion that enables one having it to know a house from a horse by the roof on the house. Its nature and laws have been exhaustively expounded by Locke, who rode a house, and Kant, who lived in a horse. His understanding was so keen That all things which he'd felt, heard, seen, He could interpret without fail If he was in or out of jail. He wrote at Inspiration's call Deep disquisitions on them all, Then, pent at last in an asylum, Performed the service to compile 'em. So great a writer, all men swore, They never had not read before. Jorrock Wormley |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
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Rush Limbaugh | We had the highest sustained economic recovery of the post-war period when the deficit was running through the roof thanks to the Democrats in Congress. |
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George Bush | 1989-1993 | Where everyone has a roof over his head, and where the homeless get the help they need to live in dignity. |
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| "Roof" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.90% of the time. "Roof" is used about 4,147 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.9% | 4,143 | 2,374 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.07% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.02% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,147 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "roof" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Roof | Last name | 2,000 | 6,108 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "roof". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Agag | N/A | Biblical | Roof |
| Gog | N/A | Biblical | Roof |
| Magog | N/A | Biblical | Roof |
| Zuph | N/A | Biblical | Roof |
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Expressions using "roof": arc furnace roof refractories ♦ arched roof ♦ barrel roof ♦ Bell roof ♦ cantilever roof ♦ cockpit roof construction ♦ cockpit roof control panel ♦ crown roof ♦ curb roof ♦ Deck roof ♦ DOUBLE PITCHED ROOF ♦ False roof ♦ Fence roof ♦ Flat roof ♦ french roof ♦ gable roof ♦ gambrel roof ♦ go through the roof ♦ helm roof ♦ hip roof ♦ Hipped roof ♦ hit the roof ♦ hurricane roof ♦ imperial roof ♦ inverted roof ♦ M roof ♦ make one's tongue cleave to the roof of one's mouth ♦ mansard roof ♦ penthouse roof ♦ pitch of a roof ♦ pitched roof ♦ pitched roof area ♦ porch roof ♦ raise the roof ♦ ridge of the roof ♦ ringed roof ♦ roof and floor strata ♦ roof bar ♦ roof boarding ♦ roof boards ♦ roof cavity ♦ roof ceiling joist ♦ roof covering ♦ roof garden ♦ roof in ♦ roof leader ♦ roof light ♦ roof lining ♦ roof mushroom ♦ roof of the mouth ♦ roof of the world ♦ roof over ♦ roof peak ♦ roof pendant ♦ roof plate ♦ roof rack ♦ roof rat ♦ roof sheating ♦ roof terrace ♦ roof tin ♦ roof tree ♦ roof vent ♦ saddle roof ♦ saddleback roof ♦ shingle roof ♦ slate roof ♦ sliding roof ♦ slope of roof ♦ sloping roof ♦ span roof ♦ stepped roof ♦ straw roof ♦ sunshine roof ♦ swedish roof truss ♦ terraced roof ♦ thatch roof ♦ thatched roof ♦ thatched roof disease ♦ the roof is pitched ♦ tile roof ♦ tiled roof ♦ Tilt roof ♦ tower roof ♦ valley roof. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "roof": roof-a, roof-beams, roof-bolt, roof-breach, roof-climber, roof-deck, roof-disc, roof-down, roof-fall, roof-form, roof-frame, roof-garden, roof-girder, roof-leads, roof-light, roof-lights, roof-line, roof-lines, roof-lit, roof-mounted, roof-on-rack, roof-rack, roof-racks, roof-sized, roof-slates, roof-slope, roof-slopes, roof-space, roof-spaces, roof-span, roof-spans, roof-thatch, roof-tile, roof-tiles, roof-tiling, roof-timber, roof-to-floor, roof-top, roof-top helicopter, roof-tops, roof-tree, roof-trees, roof-truss, roof-void, roof-work. | |
Ending with "roof": re-roof. | |
Containing "roof": hands-flat-against-the-roof-of-the-car, pitched-roof-profile. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
red roof inn | 4,992 | flat roof | 119 |
roof | 1,527 | shingle roof | 117 |
roof rack | 960 | tin roof | 115 |
metal roof | 807 | roof pitch | 114 |
roof shingles | 489 | car roof rack | 108 |
roof vent | 459 | roof construction | 107 |
fiddler on the roof | 403 | roof deck | 101 |
red roof | 368 | roof design | 101 |
roof repair | 334 | roof insulation | 99 |
roof trusses | 244 | patio roof | 95 |
roof framing | 227 | roof flashing | 90 |
roof tile | 215 | moon roof | 89 |
steel roof | 154 | roof helmet | 89 |
yakima roof rack | 143 | roof box | 87 |
cat on a hot tin roof | 134 | fiddler on the roof lyrics | 87 |
roof cleaning | 128 | roof rat | 86 |
thule roof rack | 124 | roof top carrier | 85 |
sun roof | 121 | hip roof | 83 |
roof coating | 121 | rubber roof | 82 |
roof truss | 120 | roof type | 76 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "roof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | vë çati, tavan (ceiling), strehë (asylum, awning, cover, dwelling, hangout, Harbor, harbour, haven, home, hostel, house, housing, hovel, Lee, lodgement, lodgment, lurking place, mew, pad, peak, port, recourse, refuge, retreat, sanctuary, sanctum, sconce, shade, shed, shelter), shtëpi (abode, chalet, fire side, habitation, hearth, hearthstone, home, house, household, place, property, residence, shebang), mbuloj (be submerged, bespread, blanket, cap, Ceil, cloak, clothe, cover, cover in, cover over, cover up for, curtain, defray, disguise, dissimulate, enshroud, entwine, envelop, enwrap, heap, incase, mantle, overcast, overspread, paint out, screen, sheathe, sheet, smother, suffuse, tuck up, wrap), kupolë (cupola, vault), çati (house-top). (various references) | |
Arabic | قبة (canopy, collar, cupola, dome, marabout, ruff, ruffle, tester, turtlenecked), غطى (cap, coat, cover, encase, face, invest, line, litter, mantle, mask, mat, pall, paper, plaster, sheathe, sheet, shield, smolder, smoulder, tuck, wrap), سقف (ceil, ceiling, covering, overheads, roofing, thatch), سطح (face, flat, flatness, flatten, press, prostrate, spread, superficies, surface), ذروة (acme, cap, climax, crown, heyday, paroxysm, pinnacle, summit, top, vertex, zenith). (various references) | |
Asturian | techu. (various references) | |
Aymara | utajanaña. (various references) | |
Basque | teilatu. (various references) | |
Bemba | pamutenge. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | таван (attic, ceiling, loft), покривам с покрив, покрив (ceiling, house-top, roofing, shelter), подслон (harborage, harbour, harbourage, housing, inn, nest, protection, refuge, rest, sconce, shelter). (various references) | |
Catalan | teulat. (various references) | |
Cebuano | atop. (various references) | |
Chamorro | atof. (various references) | |
Chinese | 屋顶 (roofing, rooftop), 屋頂 . (various references) | |
Cornish | to. (various references) | |
Czech | střecha (platform, top). (various references) | |
Danish | tag (take). (various references) | |
Dutch | dak (head, roof panel, superincumbent bed, superstratum), overkapping (companion), kap (bonnet, cap, cowl, hood, lamp-shade). (various references) | |
Ecuadorian Quechua | huasi cata. (various references) | |
Esperanto | tegmento. (various references) | |
Faeroese | tak. (various references) | |
Farsi | پوشش (Armature, Camouflage, Capsule, Casing, Coating, Cover, Envelope, Gear, Mantle, Overlay, Robe, Shale, Shield, Shroud, Tunic), مسکن (Abode, Calmative, Domicile, Dwelling, Narcotic, Paliative, Settlement, Stead), سقف دارکردن , سقف (Ceiling, Loft, Soffit), طاق زدن , طاق (Arc, Arch, Azygos, Vault). (various references) | |
Finnish | katto (ceiling, shelter, top), vesikatto. (various references) | |
French | toit (roofer top, rooftop), voûte (furnace roof). (various references) | |
Frisian | tek, dak. (various references) | |
German | Dach (housetop, top), Gewölbe (arch, arches, cove, dome, vault, vaulting, vaults). (various references) | |
Greek | οροφή (ceiling, sunroof), στέγη (cover), ταράτσα (terrace). (various references) | |
Hebrew | גג (top). (various references) | |
Hungarian | fedél (cap, cover, lap, lid, roofing). (various references) | |
Icelandic | þak. (various references) | |
Indonesian | dak, atap. (various references) | |
Inuktitut | qaanga. (various references) | |
Irish | díon. (various references) | |
Italian | tetto (ceiling, home, house, limit, top), volta (arch, archway, phrase, piece, time, turn, vault, vaulted). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | リン酸 (loose, loose-leaf, louver, phosphoric acid, red, redhead, revival, roof garden, roof rack, rookie, root, roots, rouble, rouge, route, route sales, router, routine, routing, to have roots in), 屋根 , 屋根 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ルーフ , やね. (various references) | |
Kongo | sanza. (various references) | |
Korean | 지붕. (various references) | |
Lombard | tecc. (various references) | |
Macedonian | krov. (various references) | |
Malay | atap. (various references) | |
Manx | sclatal (slating), mullagh thie (housetop), kione thie (householder, paterfamilias), jeenaghey (immunize, rinse), farvoalley (buttress, ceiling), cur mullagh er, cur kione er (conclude, disposal, finish), cur clea er, coodaghey (blanket, coat, cover, envelop, overlay, shield, veil), clea (concealment, harrow, palate, roofing). (various references) | |
Maori | tuanui. (various references) | |
Maya | tziik. (various references) | |
Mohawk | ahskwa. (various references) | |
Norwegian | tak (hold). (various references) | |
Occitan | teulat. (various references) | |
Papago | ma'ishpadag. (various references) | |
Papiamen | dak. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | oofray.(various references) | |
Polish | dach. (various references) | |
Portuguese | telhado (roofing, tiling), teto (ceiling, plafond), tecto (ceiling). (various references) | |
Provencal | tech. (various references) | |
Romanian | tavan (ceiling, cover), streaşinã (eaves), primi la adãpost (Harbor, harbour), plafon (ceiling, cover, limit), casã (building, cash desk, cash-office, chest, cottage, dwelling, establishment, family, fireside, habitation, home, homestead, house, household, hovel, lodging, lodgment, pay desk, place), cãpãtâi (bedside, bolster, head of the bed, home, rest, support), boltã (alcove, arch, canopy, dome, vault), acoperiş (canopy, house-top), acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cap, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, obfuscate, overgrow, overlap, overlay, overspread, paint, pepper, protect, sheathe, shelter, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil), acoperãmânt (cover, Pall, refuge, shelter, veil), aciua (hide, house, take shelter), înveli (case, cover, encase, enfold, enshroud, envelop, enwrap, fleece, lap, mantle, muffle, sheathe, tuck, wrap). (various references) | |
Romansch | tetg. (various references) | |
Romany | oocharibè. (various references) | |
Ruanda | mumanjanja. (various references) | |
Russian | крыть крышу, крыть крыша, крыша (carpet, house-top), кровельный материал, кровля, настилать крышу, потолок (ceiling, celling, plafond, soffit), империал (imperial). (various references) | |
Samoan | ufi. (various references) | |
Scottish | sugan , corra-shugain (the reflection of rays of light from any moving luminous body from the roof or wall of a house), lànan (couple of roof, married couple, rafter beam), cabar (a rafter, couple of a house roof, deer's, rafter). (various references) | |
Sepedi | tlhaka. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | vrhunac (acme, climax, heyday, highlight, peak, pinnacle, tiptop, top, vertex, zenith), pokriti krovom, kuća (home, house), krov (housing, roofing, top). (various references) | |
Spanish | tejado (gabion, laid, tiling), techo (ceiling), techado (ceiling covering). (various references) | |
Sranan | daki. (various references) | |
Swedish | tak (canopy, ceiling, top), yttertak. (various references) | |
Tagalog | bubungán. (various references) | |
Thai | เพดานปาก, ส่วนบน (head), หลังคา, มุงหลังคา. (various references) | |
Turkish | tepe (apex, apical, cap, crest, crown, down, eminence, eminency, fell, head, height, Hill, hump, Mount, peak, ridge, rise, tip, top, topknot, vertex), motor kapağı (cowl, cowling, hood), dam (Dame, partner, queen), üstünü kapamak (cope, top), üst kısım (deck, headpiece), çatı ile örtmek (roof over), çatı (fabric, frame, framework, roofing, skeleton, voice). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | стеля (ceil, ceiling), крити дах, дах (deck), давати притулок (accommodate, bield, nestle, refuge). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | mái nhà (scuttle). (various references) | |
Welsh | toi (cover, thatch), to (generation). (various references) | |
Yucatec | u pol nah, u ho'ol nah. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | ur. (various references) |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | stegos. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | camaram, cameram, caveam, fastigio, fastigium, tecta, tecti, tectis, tecto, tectorum, tectum, trabem, trabes, trabis. (various references) |
| Old English | 450-1100 | hrof. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Luke Chapter 17, Verse 31 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | En ekeinh th hmera oV estai epi tou dwmatoV kai ta skeuh autou en th oikia mh katabatw arai auta kai o en tw agrw omoiwV mh epistreyatw eiV ta opisw |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | In illa hora qui fuerit in tecto et vasa eius in domo ne descendat tollere illa et qui in agro similiter non redeat retro |
| Old English | 990 | West Saxon | On ðam dæge se ðe bið on þecene and his fatu on huse. ne stihð he nyðer þæt he hig nime; And se ðe bið on æcere: ne went he onbæc; |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | In that our he that is in the roof, and his vessels in the hous, come he not doun to take hem awei; and he that schal be in the feeld, also turne not ayen bihynde. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | At that daye he that is on the housse toppe and his stuffe in the housse: let him not come doune to take it out. And lykewyse let not him that is in the feldes turne backe agayne to that he lefte behynde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | In that day, he which shall be upon the housetop, and his stuff in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | In that day, he who shall be upon the house-top, and his furniture in the house, let him not come down to take it away: and he that is in the field, let him likewise not return back. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | On that day, if anyone is on the roof of the house, and his goods are in the house, let him not go down to take them away; and let him who is in the field not go back to his house. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Luke Chapter 17, Verse 31 |
| Cebuano | Niadtong adlawa, siya nga anha sa atop ug ang iyang mga butang adto sa sulod sa balay, ayaw na siya pakanauga aron sa pagkuha pa niini; ug maingon man usab, siya nga anha sa uma ayaw na pabalika. |
| Croatian | "U onaj dan tko bude na krovu, a stvari mu u kuæi, neka ne siðe da ih uzme. |
| Danish | På den dag skal den, som er på Taget og har sine Ejendele i Huset, ikke stige ned for at hente dem; og ligeså skal den, som er på Marken, ikke vende tilbage igen! |
| Dutch | In dienzelven dag, wie op het dak zal zijn, en zijn huisraad in huis, die kome niet af, om hetzelve weg te nemen; en wie op den akker zijn zal, die kere desgelijks niet naar hetgeen, dat achter is. |
| Finnish | Sinä päivänä älköön se, joka katolla on ja jolla on tavaransa huoneessa, astuko alas niitä noutamaan; ja älköön myös se, joka pellolla on, palatko takaisin. |
| French | En ce jour-là, que celui qui sera sur le toit, et qui aura ses effets dans la maison, ne descende pas pour les prendre; et que celui qui sera dans les champs ne retourne pas non plus en arrière. |
| German | An dem Tage, wer auf dem Dach ist und sein Hausrat in dem Hause, der steige nicht hernieder, ihn zu holen. Desgleichen wer auf dem Felde ist, der wende nicht um nach dem was hinter ihm ist. |
| Hungarian | Az nap, a ki a háztetõn lesz, és az õ holmija a házban, ne szálljon le, hogy elvigye; és a ki a mezõn, azonképen ne forduljon hátra. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Pada hari itu orang yang sedang berada di atas atap rumahnya janganlah turun untuk mengambil barang-barangnya yang di dalam rumah. Begitu juga orang yang sedang di ladang janganlah kembali ke rumahnya. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Pada hari itu barangsiapa yang di atas sotoh rumah dan hartanya di dalam rumah, janganlah ia turun ke bawah membawa ke luar harta itu, dan siapa yang ada di ladangnya pun janganlah pulang. |
| Italian | In quel giorno, chi si troverà sulla terrazza, se le sue cose sono in casa, non scenda a prenderle; così chi si troverà nel campo, non torni indietro. |
| Maori | I taua ra, kei runga tetahi i te whare, me ona taonga hoki i roto i te whare, kaua ia e heke iho ki te tiki i aua mea: ko te tangata hoki i te mara, kaua ia e hoki atu ki nga mea o muri. |
| Norwegian | På den dag må den som er på taket og har sine ting i huset, ikke stige ned for å hente dem, og heller ikke den som er ute på marken, vende tilbake til sitt hjem. |
| Portuguese | Naquele dia, quem estiver no eirado, tendo os seus bens em casa, não desça para tirá-los; e, da mesma sorte, o que estiver no campo, não volte para trás. |
| Rumanian | Kn ziua aceea, cine va fi pe acoperiwul casei, wi kwi va avea vasele kn casq, sq nu se pogoare sq le ia; wi cine va fi pe ckmp, de asemenea, sq nu se mai kntoarcq. |
| Russian | ч ФПФ ДЕОШ, ЛФП ВХДЕФ ОБ ЛТПЧМЕ, Б ЧЕЭЙ ЕЗП Ч ДПНЕ, ФПФ ОЕ УИПДЙ ЧЪСФШ ЙИ; Й ЛФП ВХДЕФ ОБ РПМЕ, ФБЛЦЕ ОЕ ПВТБЭБКУС ОБЪБД. |
| Shuar | `Nu tsawant jeamtai jea yakiini pujana Nú shuar ni waririn achiktaj tusa akaikishti. Jeá wayashti. Tura kampunniunam wekaana Nú shuar ni jeen waketkishti. |
| Spanish | En aquel día, el que esté en la azotea y sus cosas estén en la casa, no descienda para tomarlas. Asimismo, el que esté en el campo, no vuelva atrás. |
| Swahili | "Siku hiyo, yeyote atakayekuwa juu ya paa asishuke nyumbani kuchukua mali yake. Kadhalika, naye atakayekuwa shambani asirudi nyuma. |
| Swedish | Den som den dagen är på taket och har sitt bohag inne i huset, han må icke stiga ned för att hämta det; ej heller må den som är ute på marken vända tillbaka. |
| Uma | "Hi eo toe mpai', sohi' metibo' -koi! Tauna to mohura hi parawa, neo' -pi leba' mesua' hi rala tomi mpo'ala' rewa-na. Wae wo'o tauna to hi bonea, neo' -pi leba' nculii' mpo'ala' napa-napa hi rala ngata. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "roof": roofed, roofer, roofers, roofing, roofings, roofless, rooflike, roofline, rooflines, roofs, rooftop, rooftops, rooftree, rooftrees. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "roof": airproof, bombproof, bulletproof, burglarproof, childproof, crushproof, disproof, fireproof, flameproof, foolproof, germproof, greaseproof, heatproof, leakproof, lightproof, mothproof, oilproof, ovenproof, overproof, pickproof, pilferproof, proof, rainproof, reproof, reroof, rustproof, shatterproof, shellproof, shockproof, skidproof, soundproof, stainproof, sunproof, sunroof, tamperproof, underproof, unroof, waterproof, weatherproof, wetproof, windproof. (additional references) | |
Words containing "roof": airproofed, airproofing, airproofs, childproofed, childproofing, childproofs, disproofs, fireproofed, fireproofing, fireproofs, flameproofed, flameproofer, flameproofers, flameproofing, flameproofs, greaseproofs, mothproofed, mothproofer, mothproofers, mothproofing, mothproofs, proofed, proofer, proofers, proofing, proofread, proofreader, proofreaders, proofreading, proofreads, proofroom, proofrooms, proofs, reproofs, reroofed, reroofing, reroofs, rustproofed, rustproofing, rustproofs, soundproofed, soundproofing, soundproofs, sunroofs, unroofed, unroofing, unroofs, waterproofed, waterproofer, waterproofers, waterproofing. (additional references) | |
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"Roof" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Aroff, doof, foof, hroof, Kroff, Kropfl, noof, oof, ooof, oraf, Orcofi, oro, rafo, rigof, ro, Roaf, roco, roef, rof, Rogoff, Rojo, Rokoff, roo, roob, rooc, rooe, Rooff, rooj, rool, roomf, rooq, roor, roove, roow, Rooy, roqor, rosove, rotf, Rotofac, rouf, Rouff, rowf, rowff, rowo, Ruf, rufa, Rufo, rupf, zoof. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "roof" (pronounced ruw"f) |
| 3 | r uw" f | proof, rustproof. |
| 2 | -uw" f | aloof, goof, hoof, poof, spoof, Woof. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "f-o-o-r" | |
-1 letter: for, fro. | |
-2 letters: of, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "f-o-o-r" | |
+1 letter: floor, fordo, forgo, proof, roofs. | |
+2 letters: floors, foetor, footer, foredo, forego, forgot, formol, hoofer, oxford, proofs, reroof, roofed, roofer, unroof, woofer. | |
+3 letters: comfort, conform, feoffor, flooder, floored, floorer, foetors, foghorn, foolery, footers, footier, footler, foozler, forbode, forbore, fordoes, fordone, foretop, forgoer, forgoes, forgone, forlorn, formols, forsook, forworn, fourgon, foxtrot, fronton, furioso, goofier, hoofers, odorful, offeror, oviform, oxfords, poofter, proofed, proofer, reflood, reproof, reroofs, roofers, roofing, rooftop, roomful, spoofer, sunroof, unroofs, woofers. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
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