roof

About 19.32 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The external covering at the top of a building.

   The roof was blown off by the tornado.

2. noun The top external level of a building.

   Let's go up to the roof.

3. noun The upper part of a cavity.

   The palate is the roof of the mouth.

4. noun The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
5. noun An overhanging rock wall.
6. noun A hat.
7. verb To cover or furnish with a roof.
8. verb To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

Similar words

rooftop vault deck housetop dome ceiling arch terrace porch patio

Often followed by

of and is was to over with in or

Word family

roof over her head roof over his head roof over my head roof over one's head roof over our head roof over their head roof over your head roofed roofer roofers