roof
part of speech
noun (a roof, roofs); verb (roof — rare)
meaning for a pupil
1) A roof is the top covering of a building or vehicle. tree →
2) The roof of your mouth is the hard top part inside your mouth. tree →
3) A roof over your head means a place to live. tree →
sense in the lessons
In design and science, roofs keep out rain, snow and sun; sloping roofs let water run off; materials include tiles, slate, metal and thatch. In safety, never climb onto a roof; it is easy to fall. In stories, a chase across rooftops is exciting. Phrases: on the roof, roof of the mouth, hit the roof (get very angry), raise the roof (be very noisy), under one roof, a roof over your head.
examples
- The cat is sitting on the roof. tree →
- Rain drummed on the roof all night. tree →
- The car has a sunroof. tree →
- The roof of the old barn leaked. tree →
- Mum hit the roof when she saw the mess. tree →
- Peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. tree →
- Everyone was under one roof for the party. tree →
- The roof sloped nearly to the ground. tree →
note
Plural roofs (not "rooves"). Compare: leaf/leaves but roof/roofs. A ball stuck on a roof should be fetched by an adult with proper ladders, never by a child.
In the corpora
- Many gulls have moved into towns and nest on flat rooftops, because cities have food and safe roofs away from foxes.
- And the Australian possum living in a roof is a different animal from the American opossum, though both carry their babies in pouches.
- Some honeypot ant workers swell with sweet liquid and hang from the nest roof like living jars, storing food for hard times.
- Orangutans make umbrellas and roofs from big leaves, learning from their mothers, with whom they stay for about 7 or 8 years.
- British bats raise one baby a year in summer roosts in roofs and trees, and sleep through winter in cold places.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «roof» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.