roof

Definition

  • noun: the cover or top of a building, vehicle, etc.
  • noun: the cover of a building
  • verb: to cover (something, such as a building) with a roof
  • verb: to cover with or as if with a roof
  • often + 'over' or 'in'
  • synonyms: covert, shingle, slate

Examples

  • We don't have much money, but at least we 'have a roof over our heads'. [=at least we have somewhere to live]

  • You'll do what I say as long as you're living 'under my roof'. [=as long as you are living in my house]

  • We hope to have sales and service 'under one roof' [=at the same location] in the near future.

Movie quotes

  • (..) Let's go! Work! And that's how it came to pass... ...that on the second-to-last day of the job... ...the convict crew that tarred the factory roof in the spring of '... ...wound up sitting in a row at in the morning... ...drinking icy-cold beer, courtesy of the hardest screw... (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption
  • (..) if things had gone on that way... ...this place would have got the best of him. But then, in the spring of ... ...the powers that be decided: The roof of the license-plate factory needs resurfacing. I need a dozen volunteers for a week's work. As you know... ...special detail carries with it (..)
    1994 The Shawshank Redemption