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Definition: Gambrel Roof |
Gambrel RoofNoun1. A gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definition |
Building | A roof with two pitches, designed to provide more space on upper floors. The roof is steeper on its lower slope and flatter toward the ridge. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Synonym: Gambrel RoofSynonym: gambrel (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Angularity | Platonic bodies; cube, rhomboid; tetrahedron, pentahedron, hexahedron, octahedron, dodecahedron, icosahedron, eicosahedron; prism, pyramid; parallelopiped; curb roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Unidentified U-shaped house (two-and-a-half story) with gambrel roof and prominent chimney. Perspective sketch. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| 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 |
gambrel roof | 51 |
gambrel roof trusses | 12 |
design gambrel roof | 8 |
framing gambrel roof | 8 |
gambrel roof truss | 8 |
gambrel roof construction | 6 |
build gambrel roof | 6 |
barn gambrel roof | 5 |
gambrel roof shed | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "gambrel roof"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hungarian | síkú tető, megtört síkú manzárdtető, megtört (broken, lack-lustre, refracted, shattered), hollandi tető. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ambrelgay oofray | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-e-f-g-l-m-o-o-r-r" | |
-3 letters: beglamor, floorage, formable. | |
-4 letters: barroom, begloom, begorra, bloomer, embargo, femoral, floorer, forager, forbear, forbore, forearm, forgoer, fromage, gambler, gambrel, garbler, glomera, gomeral, groomer, laborer, legroom, marbler, moorage, rambler, rebloom, regroom. | |
-5 letters: abloom, ambler, barrel, beflag, befool, blamer, bolero, booger, boomer, borage, boreal, bregma, bromal, fabler, farmer, femora, ferbam, flambe, flamer, florae, foamer, forage. | |
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