roof
🇺🇸
/ruːf/
🇬🇧
/ruːf/
noun
A2
the top covering of a building or vehicle
The roof of the house keeps us dry when it rains.
R
having a certain kind of roof
The flat roof of the building is used as a garden.
R
the top part inside a cave or tunnel
The cave roof was covered with shiny rocks.
R
the top part inside your mouth
The roof of my mouth feels sore when I eat hot food.
verb
R
to put a roof on something
They will roof the new house next week.
translation
the top covering of a building or vehicle; having a certain kind of roof; the top part inside a cave or tunnel; the top part inside your mouth
to put a roof on something
Word Forms
Plural
rooves
Progressive
roofing
Past
roofed
Perfect
roofed
3rd Present
roofs