roof - Definition from the CONSTRUCTION topic - TECHNOLOGY

Topic: CONSTRUCTION

roof
2 verb

roof2 [transitive usually passive]

TBC to put a roof on a building

be roofed with something

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a cottage roofed with the local slate

roof something ↔ in/over

phrasal verb

TBC to cover an open space by putting a roof over it:

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We're going to roof in the yard to make a garage.

Definition of roof from the Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English within
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