roof garden

noun

: a restaurant or nightclub at the top of a building often in connection with or decorated to suggest an outdoor garden

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The developer who filed plans is Shimon Kleinman, of Borough Developers, whose portfolio includes a handful of luxury condos with flat, clean, modern façades; big windows; and roof gardens or balconies. Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 7 Jan. 2026 There's no beehives and there's no roof garden terraces. Scott Horsley, NPR, 14 July 2025 In the same building where the hydroponic, roof garden Lufa Farms can be found is a cooperative of 20 different businesses called the Centrale Agricole. Liza B. Zimmerman, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025 Rockwell’s new design will include a roof garden as part of the venue. Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for roof garden

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roof garden was in 1895

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“Roof garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roof%20garden. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.

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