roof sth in/over
— phrasal verb with roof /ruːf/ verb [T often passive]Definition
› to put a roof over a place or area: The council has decided to roof over the open-air swimming pool.Roofs and parts of roofsConstruction work and workers
(Definition of roof sth in/over from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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