Meaning of roof in English | Powered by Free Dictionary API

noun

• The external covering at the top of a building.

  Example: The roof was blown off by the tornado.

• The top external level of a building.

  Example: Let's go up to the roof.

• The upper part of a cavity.

  Example: The palate is the roof of the mouth.

• The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

• (rockclimbing) An overhanging rock wall

verb

• To cover or furnish with a roof.

• To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

• To put into prison, to bird.

• To shelter as if under a roof.