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Roofing

noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. countable, uncountable

    "As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field."

  2. 2
    the craft of a roofer wordnet
  3. 3
    The process of constructing a roof or roofs. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    material used to construct a roof wordnet
  5. 5
    A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers. countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of roof form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

From roof + -ing (“material, collection”).

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