different between roof vs roofless
roof
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)
- (architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.
- The top external level of a building.
- The upper part of a cavity.
- (mining) The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.
- (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)
- (transitive) To cover or furnish with a roof.
- To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
- (transitive, slang) To put into prison, to bird.
- (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)
- robbery, robbing, banditry, rapine
Derived terms
- bankroof
- broodroof
- lijkroof
- roofdier
- roofridder
Related terms
- rover
Verb
roof
- first-person singular present indicative of roven
- imperative of roven
Middle English
Noun
roof
- Alternative form of rof
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roofless
English
Etymology
roof +? -less
Adjective
roofless (not comparable)
- Without a roof, open to the sky.
- Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation.
- Having no house or home; unsheltered.
Translations
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