Roof

//ɹuːf//

Synonyms for "roof" (154 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (31)

ceiling rooftop abiding place abode address adobe house ancestral halls apex barrack roof bonnet building bulkhead canopy cantonment cap casa ceil chamber chimney corner clerestory

Show 7 more words

cliff dwelling coif consulate cork country house country seat crash pad

Noun(3 words)

ceiling block cap

Verb(1 words)

bastille

Strong matches (46)

Related words (77)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

14 relation types

More general

8 entries

control cover covering natural covering protection protective cover protective covering

Antonyms

1 entries

floor

Synonyms

2 entries

ceiling rooftop

at location

7 entries

airplane all buildings every house garage mouth state of disrepair town

defined as

3 entries

highest point on building top of building top of house

derived

111 entries

French roof Hutton Roof M roof Roof of the World V roof barrel roof blow the roof off built-up roof burn the roof butterfly roof catslide roof coach roof curb roof deck roof deroof disroof

Showing 16 of 111 words.

has a

1 entries

shingles

has context

2 entries

astronomy mining

is a

9 entries

always above all floors another type of covering bounded surface covering open air protective covering shelter providing artifact single top surface

manner of

1 entries

cover

part of

6 entries

building bus car cave house truck

receives action

6 entries

covered with shingles damaged by hail found on house found on top of building found on top of house found on topof house

related to

39 entries

aquarius black turtle building building top buildings cavity ceiling chinese constellation cover covering dry eves furnish holder house

Showing 16 of 39 words.

used for

16 entries

architectural feature of building covering covering top of building creating attic enclosing living space keep out rain keeping rain off keeping rain out of buildings keeping rain out of electronics live underneath protecting building protection from elements provide shelter stop rain entering house top of house topping off domicile

Translations

301 translations across 186 languages.

Abkhaz

1 entries

ахыб noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Acehnese

1 entries

bubong noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Adyghe

1 entries

шъхьэ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Afrikaans

2 entries

dak noun (the cover at the top of a building)
dak noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Ainu

3 entries

アリㇷ゚ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
キタイ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
チェカ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Aklanon

1 entries

atop noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Albanian

1 entries

çati noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Algerian Arabic

2 entries

بْلَافُو noun (the cover at the top of a building)
سْقَف noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Amharic

1 entries

ጣራ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ancient Greek

3 entries

στέγος noun (the cover at the top of a building)
τέγος noun (the cover at the top of a building)
ὀροφή noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Arabic

4 entries

سطح noun (the cover at the top of a building)
سقف noun (the cover at the top of a building)
سَطُوح noun (the cover at the top of a building)
سَطْح noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Armenian

2 entries

կտուր noun (the cover at the top of a building)
տանիք noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Assamese

1 entries

ছাদ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Asturian

2 entries

techu noun (the cover at the top of a building)
teyáu noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Azerbaijani

2 entries

dam noun (the cover at the top of a building)
örtük noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Bangi

1 entries

mwanza noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Bashkir

1 entries

түбә noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Basque

2 entries

sabai noun (the upper part of a cavity)
teilatu noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Belarusian

3 entries

дах noun (the cover at the top of a building)
кры́ша noun (the cover at the top of a building)
страха́ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Bengali

1 entries

ছাদ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Breton

1 entries

toenn noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Bulgarian

2 entries

по́крив noun (the cover at the top of a building)
тава́н noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Burmese

1 entries

အမိုး noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Buryat

1 entries

орой noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries

crabetura noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Catalan

4 entries

sostre noun (the upper part of a cavity)
teulada noun (the cover at the top of a building)
cobrir verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)
teular verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Cebuano

1 entries

atop noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

بان noun (the cover at the top of a building)
سەربان noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chechen

1 entries

тхов noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chepang

1 entries

छाना noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Cherokee

1 entries

ᎦᏌᎾᎵ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chinese

2 entries

динзы noun (the cover at the top of a building)
厝頂 /厝顶 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chinese Cantonese

2 entries

屋頂 /屋顶 noun (the cover at the top of a building)
房頂 /房顶 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries

屋頂 /屋顶 noun (the cover at the top of a building)
房頂 /房顶 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Church Slavic

1 entries

стрѣха noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Chuvash

1 entries

тӑрӑ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Cimbrian

1 entries

dach noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Crimean Tatar

1 entries

dam noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Czech

2 entries

střecha noun (the cover at the top of a building)
střecha noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Danish

1 entries

tag noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Dari

1 entries

بَام noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Drung

1 entries

chvkung noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Dutch

2 entries

dak noun (the cover at the top of a building)
plafond noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Egyptian

1 entries

O29:p-w noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Esperanto

1 entries

tegmento noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Estonian

1 entries

katus noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Faroese

1 entries

tak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Finnish

4 entries

katto noun (the cover at the top of a building)
katto noun (the upper part of a cavity)
ulkokatto noun (the cover at the top of a building)
ulkokatto noun (the upper part of a cavity)

French

2 entries

toit noun (the cover at the top of a building)
toit noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Friulian

2 entries

cuviert noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tet noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Galician

4 entries

colmo noun (the cover at the top of a building)
teito noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tellado noun (the cover at the top of a building)
treito noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Georgian

3 entries

ბანი noun (the cover at the top of a building)
ბურული noun (the cover at the top of a building)
სახურავი noun (the cover at the top of a building)

German

2 entries

Dach noun (the cover at the top of a building)
überdachen verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌷𐍂𐍉𐍄 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Greek

4 entries

οροφή noun (the cover at the top of a building)
οροφή noun (the upper part of a cavity)
σκεπή noun (the cover at the top of a building)
στέγη noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Gujarati

1 entries

છત noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Hebrew

1 entries

גַּג noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Higaonon

1 entries

atop noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Hiligaynon

1 entries

atop noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Hindi

1 entries

छत noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Hungarian

2 entries

háztető noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tető noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Hunsrik

1 entries

Dach noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Icelandic

1 entries

þak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ido

1 entries

tekto noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Indonesian

2 entries

atap noun (the cover at the top of a building)
atap noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Ingush

1 entries

тхов noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Interlingua

1 entries

tecto noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Iranian Persian

1 entries

بام noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Iranun

1 entries

atep noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Irish

3 entries

ceann noun (the cover at the top of a building)
díon noun (the cover at the top of a building)
díon verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Italian

1 entries

tetto noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Iu Mien

1 entries

biauv-ngorh noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Japanese

1 entries

屋根 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Javanese

1 entries

empyak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kannada

1 entries

ಛಾವಣಿಯ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kashubian

1 entries

dak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kazakh

2 entries

төбе noun (the cover at the top of a building)
шатыр noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Khinalug

1 entries

гис noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Khmer

1 entries

ដំបូល noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kinaray-a

1 entries

atëp noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Korean

1 entries

지붕 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kumyk

1 entries

къалкъы noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Kyrgyz

1 entries

чатыр noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Lao

1 entries

ຫຼັງຄາ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Latgalian

1 entries

jumts noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Latin

1 entries

tēctum noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Latvian

2 entries

jumts noun (the cover at the top of a building)
apjumt verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Ligurian

1 entries

téito noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Limburgish

1 entries

daak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Lingala

2 entries

motondo noun (the cover at the top of a building)
mwanza noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Lithuanian

1 entries

stogas noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Livonian

1 entries

katūks noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Lombard

1 entries

tècc noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries

kšywo noun (the cover at the top of a building)
kšywo kšyś verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Lun Bawang

1 entries

afo noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Macedonian

1 entries

покрив noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Malagasy

1 entries

tafo noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Malay

4 entries

atap noun (the cover at the top of a building)
bumbung noun (the cover at the top of a building)
اتڤ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
بومبوڠ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Malayalam

1 entries

മേൽക്കൂര noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Maltese

1 entries

saqaf noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Manchu

1 entries

ᠣᠶᠣ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Mansaka

1 entries

atup noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Maore Comorian

1 entries

utro class 11/10 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Marathi

1 entries

छत noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Moksha

1 entries

кудбря noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Mongolian

2 entries

дээвэр noun (the cover at the top of a building)
ᠳᠡᠭᠡᠪᠦᠷ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Māori

3 entries

tuanui noun (the cover at the top of a building)
haupatu verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)
tāpatu verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Nanai

1 entries

гуичэ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Navajo

1 entries

hooghan bikááʼ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Nepali

1 entries

छाना noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ngazidja Comorian

2 entries

paa noun (the cover at the top of a building)
triho noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Norman

1 entries

lief noun (the cover at the top of a building)

North Frisian

1 entries

taag noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Northern Kurdish

2 entries

ban noun (the cover at the top of a building)
serban noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Northern Sami

1 entries

dáhkki noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

tak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

tak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Occitan

2 entries

tech noun (the cover at the top of a building)
teulat noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Odia

2 entries

ଛାତ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
ପକା noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Old East Slavic

2 entries

кровъ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
стропъ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Old English

3 entries

hrōf noun (the cover at the top of a building)
hrōf noun (the upper part of a cavity)
þæc noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Old Georgian

1 entries

ბედედი noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ossetian

1 entries

уӕлхӕдзар noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ottoman Turkish

2 entries

طام noun (the cover at the top of a building)
چاتی noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Pacoh

1 entries

mpuông noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Palauan

1 entries

chado noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Pashto

1 entries

بام noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Piedmontese

1 entries

tèit noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Plautdietsch

1 entries

Dak (nds) noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Polish

3 entries

dach noun (the cover at the top of a building)
sklepienie noun (the upper part of a cavity)
strop noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Portuguese

3 entries

céu noun (the upper part of a cavity)
telhado noun (the cover at the top of a building)
teto noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Punjabi

1 entries

ਛੱਤ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Quechua

2 entries

gata noun (the cover at the top of a building)
wasi qhatana noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Rohingya

1 entries

sal noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Romagnol

1 entries

cvērt noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Romanian

2 entries

acoperiș noun (the cover at the top of a building)
acoperământ noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Romansch

2 entries

tet noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tetg noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Russian

4 entries

кров noun (the cover at the top of a building)
кры́ша noun (the cover at the top of a building)
свод noun (the upper part of a cavity)
стреха́ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Salar

1 entries

eçik noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Sango

1 entries

li tî da noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Sanskrit

1 entries

छदि noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Sardinian

2 entries

cobertura noun (the cover at the top of a building)
teulada noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries

mullach noun (the cover at the top of a building)
mullach noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries

krȍv noun (the cover at the top of a building)
nèpce noun (the upper part of a cavity)
кро̏в noun (the cover at the top of a building)
нѐпце noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Sicilian

1 entries

tettu noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Sinhalese

1 entries

ඡදන noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Slovak

1 entries

strecha noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Slovene

2 entries

nebo noun (the upper part of a cavity)
streha noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Somali

1 entries

saqaf noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Southern Altai

1 entries

јабу noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Spanish

4 entries

cubrición noun (the cover at the top of a building)
sotechado noun (the cover at the top of a building)
techado noun (the cover at the top of a building)
techo noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Swahili

2 entries

paa noun (the cover at the top of a building)
paa noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Swedish

3 entries

tak noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tak noun (the upper part of a cavity)
yttertak noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tagalog

2 entries

atip noun (the cover at the top of a building)
bubong noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tajik

1 entries

бом noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Talysh

1 entries

بون noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tamil

1 entries

கூரை noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tarifit

1 entries

tazeqqa noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tatar

1 entries

түбә noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tausug

1 entries

atup noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Telugu

1 entries

కప్పు noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Thai

1 entries

หลังคา noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tibetan

1 entries

ཐོག། noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tigrinya

1 entries

ናሕሲ noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tocharian B

1 entries

ṣim noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Turkish

4 entries

dam noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tavan noun (the upper part of a cavity)
çatı noun (the cover at the top of a building)
örtü noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Turkmen

2 entries

tamyň üsti noun (the cover at the top of a building)
üçek noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Tuvan

1 entries

крыша noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ugaritic

1 entries

𐎂𐎂 noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Ukrainian

4 entries

дах noun (the cover at the top of a building)
кри́ша noun (the cover at the top of a building)
покрі́вля noun (the cover at the top of a building)
стрі́ха noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries

třěcha noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Urdu

1 entries

چَھت noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Uyghur

1 entries

ئۆگزە noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Uzbek

2 entries

tim noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tom noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Venetan

4 entries

coerto noun (the cover at the top of a building)
coverto noun (the cover at the top of a building)
cuerto noun (the cover at the top of a building)
cuèrt noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Vietnamese

3 entries

mái noun (the cover at the top of a building)
mái nhà noun (the cover at the top of a building)
trần noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Vilamovian

1 entries

dāh noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Volapük

3 entries

nuf noun (the cover at the top of a building)
nufitegön verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)
nufön verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

Walloon

1 entries

toet noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Welsh

4 entries

pen tŷ noun (the cover at the top of a building)
to noun (the cover at the top of a building)
to noun (the upper part of a cavity)
toi verb (to cover or furnish with a roof)

White Hmong

1 entries

ru noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Yaghnobi

1 entries

бом noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Yakan

1 entries

sapew noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Yiddish

1 entries

דאַך noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Zazaki

3 entries

bon (diq) noun (the cover at the top of a building)
serni noun (the cover at the top of a building)
tawan noun (the upper part of a cavity)

Zulu

1 entries

uphahla noun (the cover at the top of a building)

Sample sentences

26 total sentences available.

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We got our roof blown off in the gale.

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The cat burglar must have entered the mansion from the roof.

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Fossil fuel prices shot through the roof.

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You can see for miles from the roof.

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