roof

/ruf/, /rʊf/ n [C]

Definition

› the covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, or other object: The school has a flat roof. › The roof of your mouth is the mouth’s upper, inside surface: Peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. roof

/ruf/, /rʊf/ v [T] › They roofed the house with old-fashioned shingles.

(Definition of roof n from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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