roof

Meanings

Noun

• The external covering at the top of a building.
• The top external level of a building.
• The upper part of a cavity.
• The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
• An overhanging rock wall

Verb

• To cover or furnish with a roof.
• To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
• To put into prison, to bird.
• To shelter as if under a roof.

Related

Similar words

• rooftop, tect , thatch
• ceiling

Origin

• From Middle English rof, from Old English hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą.
• From Middle English rofen, roven, from the noun (see above).