Roof
noun
The top outer part of a house or building that provides shelter from weather.
There was a small hole in the roof of the house where rainwater was leaking through.
Often appears as...
- flat roof
- pitched roof
verb
To cover something, especially a building, with a roof.
They hired a contractor to roof their house before winter arrives.
Often appears as...
- roof a house
- roof a building
noun
The top interior part of a vehicle.
He hit his head on the roof of the car when it bumped over a pothole.
Often appears as...
- car roof
- bus roof
noun
The upper limit or boundary of something.
The basketball player can jump so high, it's like he can touch the roof.
Often appears as...
- raise the roof
- roof of the mouth
noun
The top outer part of a house or building that provides shelter from weather.
There was a small hole in the roof of the house where rainwater was leaking through.
Often appears as...
- flat roof
- pitched roof
verb
To cover something, especially a building, with a roof.
They hired a contractor to roof their house before winter arrives.
Often appears as...
- roof a house
- roof a building
noun
The top interior part of a vehicle.
He hit his head on the roof of the car when it bumped over a pothole.
Often appears as...
- car roof
- bus roof
noun
The upper limit or boundary of something.
The basketball player can jump so high, it's like he can touch the roof.
Often appears as...
- raise the roof
- roof of the mouth
Definition 1 of 4
Pro Tip 1/3Types of Roofs
Different structures have various roof types like 'gabled' or 'mansard' that are named for their shapes.
The cottage had a charming gabled roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Roof Materials
Roofs can be made of shingles, metal, tiles, or other materials, each providing a different appearance.
Their house has a roof made of red tiles.
Pro Tip 3/3Weather Protection
A roof is specifically designed to protect against the elements like rain, snow, and sun.
The roof must be sturdy to withstand the heavy snowfall.
Pro Tip 1/3Types of Roofs
Different structures have various roof types like 'gabled' or 'mansard' that are named for their shapes.
The cottage had a charming gabled roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Roof Materials
Roofs can be made of shingles, metal, tiles, or other materials, each providing a different appearance.
Their house has a roof made of red tiles.
Pro Tip 3/3Weather Protection
A roof is specifically designed to protect against the elements like rain, snow, and sun.
The roof must be sturdy to withstand the heavy snowfall.
Pro Tip 1/3Types of Roofs
Different structures have various roof types like 'gabled' or 'mansard' that are named for their shapes.
The cottage had a charming gabled roof.
Pro Tip 2/3Roof Materials
Roofs can be made of shingles, metal, tiles, or other materials, each providing a different appearance.
Their house has a roof made of red tiles.
Pro Tip 3/3Weather Protection
A roof is specifically designed to protect against the elements like rain, snow, and sun.
The roof must be sturdy to withstand the heavy snowfall.
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Spotting the World's...
Wow, this place is huge. It's crazy, isn't it. Incredible! Imagine what it would have looked like with the roof on as well. So this is the old sawmill. Yeah, Where they would have cut all of the slate. Processed all the slate and then they would chip that out all over the world, literally all over the world, places like New
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The many meanings of...
the plans for the other statues had fallen through, and the city realized that lifting such a large sculpture to the roof would be more difficult than they had thought. Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face,
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The paradox of choice PIPE...
Nowadays, the world we live in -- we affluent, industrialized citizens, with perfection the expectation -- the best you can ever hope for is that stuff is as good as you expect it to be. You will never be pleasantly surprised, because your expectations, my expectations, have gone through the roof.
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History vs. Vladimir...
to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head
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The role of fractals...
around the buildings and the path the green areas integrate local species that need very low maintenance and a series of kitchen gardens are placed around the residential buildings where the faculty and the students can cultivate their own food the green roof insulates the
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How to Build a Lean-to...
shelter is essentially a roof and two walls built so the open side faces away from prevailing winds and rain it's not sufficient for permanent shelter but it's enough to keep Cobra protected from the elements for at least a few days it reaches a balance point against this
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Elon Musk: The future...
Solar energy, we need to get there, so we need to make these beautiful roofs. We haven't even spoken about your newest thing, which we don't have time to do, but you want to save humanity from bad AI, and so you're going to create this really cool brain-machine interface
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David Mackay: A reality...
You can also get the fluff men in to reduce the leakiness of your building -- put fluff in the walls, fluff in the roof, a new front door, and so forth. The sad truth is, this will save you money. That's not sad, that's good. But the sad truth is,
Video examples
Raising the Roof PIPE...
up into that area otherwise you might collect under carriages and so on so basically we had to conceive a design which could really be built from below the construction team assembled the roof sections on the ground with a series of
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
So honeybees are important for their role in the economy as well as in agriculture. Here you can see some pictures of what are called green roofs, or urban agriculture. We're familiar with the image on the left that shows
Video examples
Spotting the World's...
Wow, this place is huge. It's crazy, isn't it. Incredible! Imagine what it would have looked like with the roof on as well. So this is the old sawmill. Yeah, Where they would have cut all of the slate. Processed all the slate and then they would chip that out all over the world, literally all over the world, places like New
Video examples
The many meanings of...
the plans for the other statues had fallen through, and the city realized that lifting such a large sculpture to the roof would be more difficult than they had thought. Furthermore, the statue was so detailed and lifelike, down to the bulging veins in David's arm and the determination on his face,
Video examples
The paradox of choice PIPE...
Nowadays, the world we live in -- we affluent, industrialized citizens, with perfection the expectation -- the best you can ever hope for is that stuff is as good as you expect it to be. You will never be pleasantly surprised, because your expectations, my expectations, have gone through the roof.
Video examples
History vs. Vladimir...
to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head
Video examples
The role of fractals...
around the buildings and the path the green areas integrate local species that need very low maintenance and a series of kitchen gardens are placed around the residential buildings where the faculty and the students can cultivate their own food the green roof insulates the
Video examples
How to Build a Lean-to...
shelter is essentially a roof and two walls built so the open side faces away from prevailing winds and rain it's not sufficient for permanent shelter but it's enough to keep Cobra protected from the elements for at least a few days it reaches a balance point against this
Video examples
Elon Musk: The future...
Solar energy, we need to get there, so we need to make these beautiful roofs. We haven't even spoken about your newest thing, which we don't have time to do, but you want to save humanity from bad AI, and so you're going to create this really cool brain-machine interface
Video examples
David Mackay: A reality...
You can also get the fluff men in to reduce the leakiness of your building -- put fluff in the walls, fluff in the roof, a new front door, and so forth. The sad truth is, this will save you money. That's not sad, that's good. But the sad truth is,
Video examples
Raising the Roof PIPE...
up into that area otherwise you might collect under carriages and so on so basically we had to conceive a design which could really be built from below the construction team assembled the roof sections on the ground with a series of
Video examples
Noah Wilson-Rich: Every...
So honeybees are important for their role in the economy as well as in agriculture. Here you can see some pictures of what are called green roofs, or urban agriculture. We're familiar with the image on the left that shows
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Gene Robinson
American Clergyman
You know, we live in a time when if somebody wants to kill you, they're going to kill you, and you can either go in a hole and, you know, pull the roof in over you, or you just continue putting one foot in front of the other and hope that you're doing some good in the world.
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KRS-One
American Musician
I don't sell millions of records. As a matter of fact, I'm not even interested in selling millions of records. I enjoy MCing. I make a decent amount of money. I can feed my kids. I keep a roof over my head. I don't have to sell a million records to maintain my lifestyle.
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Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
Look, as a child growing up it occurred to me that I had everything I could have wanted: a roof over my head, education, food. All of it because my father provided... My way of giving back was being that invisible guy. Giving something back from a lifetime of taking.
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Jud Wilhite
American Clergyman
I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you want people to get that message. When you get to that place, your passion goes through the roof, and then the other stuff happens.
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Tamzin Outhwaite
English Actress
While the kids are little, I want to maintain a job, keep a roof over their heads, and make them proud. I want them to have good female role models in their life.
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Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
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Julie Andrews
English Actress
I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads.
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Ralphie May
American Comedian
In my entire life I've spent maybe three weeks with my dad under the same roof.
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Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistani Politician
The feeling of own roof gives a sense of protection to the people.
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Richard Bach
American Novelist
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
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Gene Robinson
American Clergyman
You know, we live in a time when if somebody wants to kill you, they're going to kill you, and you can either go in a hole and, you know, pull the roof in over you, or you just continue putting one foot in front of the other and hope that you're doing some good in the world.
Quote examples
KRS-One
American Musician
I don't sell millions of records. As a matter of fact, I'm not even interested in selling millions of records. I enjoy MCing. I make a decent amount of money. I can feed my kids. I keep a roof over my head. I don't have to sell a million records to maintain my lifestyle.
Quote examples
Frank Sinatra Jr.
American Singer
Look, as a child growing up it occurred to me that I had everything I could have wanted: a roof over my head, education, food. All of it because my father provided... My way of giving back was being that invisible guy. Giving something back from a lifetime of taking.
Quote examples
Jud Wilhite
American Clergyman
I want to offer a word of encouragement to authors: You have to feel called to the message of your book enough that you want people to get that message. When you get to that place, your passion goes through the roof, and then the other stuff happens.
Quote examples
Tamzin Outhwaite
English Actress
While the kids are little, I want to maintain a job, keep a roof over their heads, and make them proud. I want them to have good female role models in their life.
Quote examples
Viggo Mortensen
American Actor
I have a roof over my head. I had a breakfast, and a lot of people in the world can't say that. I'm not going to complain about being interviewed.
Quote examples
Julie Andrews
English Actress
I justified working so hard by knowing that I was helping to maintain the roof over our heads.
Quote examples
Ralphie May
American Comedian
In my entire life I've spent maybe three weeks with my dad under the same roof.
Quote examples
Shehbaz Sharif
Pakistani Politician
The feeling of own roof gives a sense of protection to the people.
Quote examples
Richard Bach
American Novelist
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
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