Plural Of Roof Oxford English Dictionary

1 the structure forming the upper covering of a building or vehicle.

Plural of roof oxford english dictionary.

The top external level of a building. Houses in villages are commonly rectangular and are dried mud bamboo or red brick structures with thatch roofs. Meaning pronunciation picture example sentences grammar usage notes synonyms and more. Hoi polloi live under roofs and civilized men live under rooves.

A small stone cottage with a red slate roof. Tim climbed on to the garage roof. Plural roofs pronunciation note. Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace.

The plural can be pronounced ruːfs or ruːvz. Plural roofs ˈrüfs ˈru fs also ˈrüvz ˈru vz medical definition of roof 1. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century. Rooves is an older form of the word and rarely used these days.

Definition of plural 1 noun in oxford advanced learner s dictionary. The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident. We use cookies to enhance your experience on our website including to provide targeted advertising and track usage. Roof plural roofs or rooves the external covering at the top of a building.

The plural of roof for people old enough to read the oxford dictionary of the english language in fact old enough to know that the real napoleon was not dynamite or a brandy. The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked. The roof was blown off by the tornado. You must be methuselah.

Australian children right up to the 1980s for example were brought up with the word. Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect. The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather. She peered down the side of the building to see the roof of another structure less than five or six feet below.

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