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roofline

noun

roof·​line ˈrüf-ˌlīn How to pronounce roofline (audio)
ˈru̇f-
: the profile of a roof (as of a house)

Examples of roofline in a Sentence

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The front of the house is the focal point, with lights hung along the roofline, on the home’s exterior, in the front yard, and wrapped around trees. Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025 The cut roofline helps distinguish it from the larger Polestar 3, which has a long, level roof for a traditional SUV profile. Mark Phelan, USA Today, 10 Nov. 2025 The facility was originally conceived as a luxury hotel, featuring a five-story central tower, terraced roofline and a west facade adorned with a thunderbird motif, a Pueblo Indian symbol of peace and prosperity. Kevin G. Hall, Miami Herald, 7 Nov. 2025 The prototype — designed, like the Miura, by Gandini — first appeared at the 1971 Geneva Motor Show, an impossible doorstop of a spaceship with a roofline that barely came up to the waists of the go-go-boot-wearing models who posed alongside it. Will Sabel Courtney, Robb Report, 6 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for roofline

Word History

First Known Use

1857, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of roofline was in 1857

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“Roofline.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roofline. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.

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