roof
The external covering at the top of a building.
Noun 4 meanings
The external covering at the top of a building.
“The roof was blown off by the tornado.”
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.”
The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
Verb 3 meanings
To cover or furnish with a roof.
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
To shelter as if under a roof.
Etymology
From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”).
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ROOF at a glance
ROOF has 4 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (R 1 + O 1 + O 1 + F 4) and 7 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #2,701 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
Rhymes with roof
All rhymes- PROOF10
- WATERPROOF18
- BULLETPROOF18
- WOOF10
- SPOOF10
- HOOF10
- ALOOF8
- GOOF8
- FOOLPROOF17
- FIREPROOF17
- SUNROOF10
- SOUNDPROOF16
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