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Definition of roof

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Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

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Stack :: Stack (a.) A number of flues embodied in one structure, rising above the roof. Hence:.

Patch :: Patch (n.) A small piece of anything used to repair a breach; as, a patch on a kettle, a roof, etc..

Objurgation :: Objurgation (n.) The act of objurgating; reproof.

Cullis :: Cullis (n.) A gutter in a roof; a channel or groove.

Gargoyle :: Gargoyle (n.) A spout projecting from the roof gutter of a building, often carved grotesquely..

Vaulted :: Vaulted (a.) Arched; concave; as, a vaulted roof..

Covering :: Covering (n.) Anything which covers or conceals, as a roof, a screen, a wrapper, clothing, etc..

Presumption :: Presumption (n.) The act of presuming, or believing upon probable evidence; the act of assuming or taking for granted; belief upon incomplete proof..

Pavilion :: Pavilion (n.) A single body or mass of building, contained within simple walls and a single roof, whether insulated, as in the park or garden of a larger edifice, or united with other parts, and forming an angle or central feature of a large pile..

King-post :: King-post (n.) A member of a common form of truss, as a roof truss. It is strictly a tie, intended to prevent the sagging of the tiebeam in the middle. If there are struts, supporting the main rafters, they often bear upon the foot of the king-post. Called also crown-post..

Manis :: Manis (n.) A genus of edentates, covered with large, hard, triangular scales, with sharp edges that overlap each other like tiles on a roof. They inhabit the warmest parts of Asia and Africa, and feed on ants. Called also Scaly anteater. See Pangolin..

Sightproof :: Sightproof (a.) Undiscoverable to sight.

Proof :: Proof (a.) Being of a certain standard as to strength; -- said of alcoholic liquors.

Approve :: Approve (v. t.) To make proof of; to demonstrate; to prove or show practically.

Sacellum :: Sacellum (n.) An unroofed space consecrated to a divinity.

Elenctical :: Elenctical (a.) Serving to refute; refutative; -- applied to indirect modes of proof, and opposed to deictic..

Leaky :: Leaky (superl.) Permitting water or other fluid to leak in or out; as, a leaky roof or cask..

Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.

Thatch :: Thatch (n.) To cover with, or with a roof of, straw, reeds, or some similar substance; as, to thatch a roof, a stable, or a stack of grain..

Trapdoor :: Trapdoor (n.) A lifting or sliding door covering an opening in a roof or floor.