roof

n a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

Types:: show 21 types...; hide 21 types...; curb roof
a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge; dome
a hemispherical roof; gable roof, saddle roof, saddleback, saddleback roof
a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end; hip roof, hipped roof
a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides; housetop
the roof of a house; slate roof
a roof covered with slate; sunroof, sunshine-roof
an automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel; thatch, thatched roof
a house roof made with a plant material (as straw); tile roof
a roof made of fired clay tiles; vault
an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof; astrodome
a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations; barrel vault
the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch; cupola
a roof in the form of a dome; gambrel, gambrel roof
a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper; geodesic dome
a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons; invented by R. Buckminster Fuller; groined vault
two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles; mansard, mansard roof
a hip roof having two slopes on each side; onion dome
a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture; pressure dome
a dome-shaped building that is pressurized; ribbed vault
vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches; whispering dome, whispering gallery
a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points

Type of:: protection, protective cover, protective covering
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

n protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

Types:: hood
the folding roof of a carriage; calash, calash top, caleche
the folding hood of a horse-drawn carriage

Type of:: protection, protective cover, protective covering
a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury

n the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space

“the roof of the cave was very high”

“I could see the roof of the bear's mouth”

Type of:: cover, covering, natural covering
a natural object that covers or envelops

n an upper limit on what is allowed

“there was a roof on salaries”

Synonyms:: cap, ceiling

Types:: glass ceiling
a ceiling based on attitudinal or organizational bias in the work force that prevents minorities and women from advancing to leadership positions

Type of:: control
the economic policy of controlling or limiting or curbing prices or wages etc.

v provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

Types:: thatch
cover with thatch; shingle
cover with shingles; slate
cover with slate

Type of:: cover
provide with a covering or cause to be covered

DEFINITIONS OF: roof

n a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

n protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

n the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space

n an upper limit on what is allowed

v provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof