- roof⇄adj. rooflike.
- roof⇄expr. raised the roof, (Informal.) to make a disturbance; create an uproar or confusion.
Ex. She [would] raise the roof when people didn't do what she wanted them to do (New York Times). - roof⇄noun 1. the top covering of a building.
Ex. Structural alterations are being made, and the gutters could not take the water from the temporary roof (London Times).
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Ex. (Figurative:) the roof of a car, the roof of a cave, the roof o - roof⇄roof, noun, pl.roofs,verb.
- roof⇄v.t. to cover with a roof; form a roof over.
Ex. rude log cabins, roofed with bark (George Bancroft). (Figurative.) The trees roofed the glade where we camped.