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Definitions for Roof

[1] the external upper covering of a house or other building.
[2] a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
[3] the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
[4] something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.
[5] a house.
[6] Mining . the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit.
[7] to provide or cover with a roof.
[8] go through the roof , to increase beyond all expectations: Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year. Also hit the roof ,Informal . to lose one's temper; become extremely angry.
[9] raise the roof , Informal . to create a loud noise: The applause raised the roof. to complain or protest noisily: He'll raise the roof when he sees that bill.
[10] a structure that covers or forms the top of a building (in combination ) the rooftop (as modifier ) a roof garden
[11] the top covering of a vehicle, oven, or other structure the roof of a car
[12] anatomy any structure that covers an organ or part the roof of the mouth
[13] a highest or topmost point or part Mount Everest is the roof of the world
[14] a house or other shelter a poor man's roof
[15] mountaineering the underside of a projecting overhang
[16] hit the roof or go through the roof informal to get extremely angry; become furious to rise or increase steeply
[17] raise the roof to create a boisterous disturbance to react or protest heatedly
[18] (tr) to provide or cover with a roof or rooflike part

Words related to Roof

house, ceiling, parapet, covering, shelter, slate, crown, dome, cupola, summit, rafter, canopy, truss, gable, palate, gambrel

Words nearby Roof

rood loft, rood screen, rood spire, roodepoort, roodepoort-maraisburg, roof, roof garden, roof iris, roof of fourth ventricle, roof of the world, roof of tympanum

Origin of Roof

before 900; Middle English (noun); Old English hrōf; cognate with Dutch roef cover, cabin, Old Norse hrōf

Other words from Roof

roof·like , adjective
re·roof , verb (used with object)
self-roofed , adjective
un·der·roof , noun
un·roofed , adjective

Word origin for Roof

Old English hrōf ; related to Middle Dutch, Old Norse hrōf

Synonyms for Roof

ceiling, house, canopy, covering, crown, cupola, dome, gable, gambrel, palate, parapet, rafter, shelter, slate, summit, truss