Rooftop

//ˈɹufˌtɑp// name, noun

name, noun ·Uncommon ·College level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The area atop a roof. formal

    "In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!"

  2. 2
    the top of a (usually flat) roof wordnet
  3. 3
    The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.

    "The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop."

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Synonym of Roof, a Chinese constellation.

Synonyms

All synonyms
ceilingclerestoryeaveshousetoplanternoverhead

Example

More examples

"The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark."

Etymology

From roof + top.

Related phrases

Rooftop of the Worldcry from the rooftopfoldable rooftopfolding rooftopretractable rooftopretracting rooftopshout from the rooftopssnow on the rooftopthere may be snow on the rooftop but there is fire in the furnace

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