Housetop
//ˈhaʊsˌtɑp// noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The roof of a house.
"26 Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be reueiled; and hidde, that shall not be knowen. 27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops."
- 2 the roof of a house wordnet
Example
More examples"26 Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be reueiled; and hidde, that shall not be knowen. 27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops."
Etymology
From house + top.
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