different between roof vs cullis

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?u?f/, /??f/
• ,
• Rhymes: -?f, -u?f

Etymology 1

From Middle English rof, from Old English hr?f (“roof, ceiling; top, summit; heaven, sky”), from Proto-Germanic *hr?f? (“roof”).

Noun

roof (plural roofs or rooves)

1. (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
2. The top external level of a building.
3. The upper part of a cavity.
4. (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
5. (climbing) An overhanging rock wall

Synonyms

• (cover at top of building): rooftop, tect (obsolete, rare), thatch
• (in a cavity): ceiling

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Middle English rofen, roven (“to roof”), from the noun (see above).

Verb

roof (third-person singular simple present roofs, present participle roofing, simple past and past participle roofed)

1. (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
2. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
3. (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
4. (transitive) To shelter as if under a roof.

Derived terms

• roofer
• unroof

Translations

Anagrams

• Foor

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch roof, from Old Dutch *r?f, *rouf, from Proto-West Germanic *raub, from Proto-Germanic *raubaz. More at robe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ro?f/
• Hyphenation: roof
• Rhymes: -o?f

Noun

roof m (plural roven, diminutive roofje n)

1. robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine

Derived terms

• bankroof
• broodroof
• lijkroof
• roofdier
• roofridder

Related terms

• rover

Verb

roof

1. first-person singular present indicative of roven
2. imperative of roven

Middle English

Noun

roof

1. Alternative form of rof

English

Etymology

French coulisse (“groove”).

Noun

cullis (plural cullises)

1. (architecture) A gutter in a roof.
2. (architecture) A channel or groove, as for a side-scene in a theatre.
3. A strong broth of meat, strained and made clear for someone who is ill or infirm; also, a savoury jelly.

   • When I am excellent at caudles / And cullises […] you shall be welcome to me.

Catalan

Verb

cullis

1. second-person singular present subjunctive form of collir