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roof

2 verb
     
Related topics: Construction
roof2 [transitive usually passive]
TBC to put a roof on a building
be roofed with something
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:
We're going to roof in the yard to make a garage.
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