different between roof vs thatching

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

Noun

thatching (countable and uncountable, plural thatchings)

1. Bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof.
2. The act or art of covering with thatch.

Synonyms

• (bundles of hay or straw used to make a roof): thatch

Verb

thatching

1. present participle of thatch