Roof

//ɹuːf//

Word Type

Noun

Verb

Proper Noun

The word "roof" can be used as noun, verb and proper noun.

Word Relationships

Opposites (Antonyms)

Typical Location

airplane all buildings every house garage mouth state of disrepair town

Defined As

highest point on building top of building top of house

Derived Terms

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 ecoroof family roof fix the roof while the sun is shining gable roof gambrel roof green roof hammer beam roof hip roof hipped roof hit the roof house-roof lantern roof like a cat on a hot tin roof low-slope roof mansard roof moon roof moonroof nonroof overroof pavilion roof peaked roof pent roof pitched roof protected membrane roof pyramid hip roof pyramid roof raise the roof reroof roof assembly roof comb roof curb roof deck roof garden roof knocking roof light roof of the mouth roof over roof over one's head roof prism roof rabbit roof rack roof rake roof rat roof riding roof square roof tax roof tile roof tree roof-brain chatter roof-plate roofage roofball roofbeam roofbolt roofbox roofer roofful roofless rooflet rooflike roofline roofscape roofspace roofstone rooftile rooftop rooftree roofward roofwise roofwork roofy saddle roof shed roof single-ply roof snow on the roof snow on the roof top sod roof span roof square roof steep-slope roof subroof sunroof sunshine roof through the roof tin roof ice cream tin roof pie tin roof sundae turf roof turf-roof under one roof under someone's roof underroof unroof unroof unroofed

Has Part

Context

astronomy mining

Broader Terms (Hypernyms)

control cover cover covering natural covering protection protective cover protective covering

Type Of (IsA)

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

Manner Of

Part Of

building bus car cave house truck

Receives Action

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

Related Terms

Synonym Network

ceiling rooftop

Used For

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

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.