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
When wires sag, they can get tangled or pulled down in the apparatus on the roof of a train or trolley that connects to them (known as a pantograph), causing delays or knocking a line out of service.—Anna Spiegel, Axios, 17 July 2024 Secret Service Director Kimberly Cheatle, who has worked at the agency for 25 years, said during an interview with ABC News that her team identified the building ahead of the rally but opted to secure it from the inside rather than from the roof of it because of the roof’s slant.—Ashley Oliver, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 17 July 2024
Verb
The air intakes on the front of the yacht and the snorkel on the hardtop also resemble the hood and roof scoops on a high-performance four-wheeler.—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 8 July 2024 Bolivia’s president denounces self-coup accusations as 'lies' as supporters rally …Read more
DEADLY STORM: 1 confirmed dead after severe rain causes roof collapse at India's New Delhi airport …Read more
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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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