roof

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• IPA ^(key): /ruːf/ or /rʊf/

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Noun

Singular roof

Plural roofs or rooves

Roofs.

1. (countable) A roof is the top part of a building.

   My five brothers, two sisters and seven cousins all live together under one roof.

Verb

Plain form roof

Third-person singular roofs

Past tense roofed

Past participle roofed

Present participle roofing

1. If you roof something, then you are putting a roof onto a building.

   My father had to roof our house because it needed a roof.