Noun
the roof of a car
The roof of the old barn collapsed.
He bit into a hot slice of pizza and burned the roof of his mouth. Verb
fed and roofed the emergency volunteers for a week
Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Six years, two contractors and $8 million later, the new stucco home had risen under a clay-tile roof, evoking the past without any of the crankiness of an actual old house.—Jane Margolies, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2024 In rural areas, malnutrition prevails under many roofs, and families struggle to find the money to keep children in school.—Peter S. Goodman, New York Times, 7 June 2024
Verb
The best way to figure out what your roof maintenance will cost is to get quotes from roofing pros.—Sara Kendall, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 There are two elements to roof maintenance costs: the roof inspection and the roof repairs.—Sara Kendall, Miami Herald, 24 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for roof
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English, from Old English hrōf; akin to Old Norse hrōf roof of a boathouse and perhaps to Old Church Slavonic stropŭ roof
First Known Use
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a(1)
: the vaulted upper boundary of the mouth supported largely by the palatine bones and limited anteriorly by the dental lamina and posteriorly by the uvula and upper part of the fauces
2
: a covering structure of any of various parts of the body other than the mouth
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