roofing Definition

roof
noun roofs, rooves (common in spoken English, but non-standard in writing)

1a. The top outside covering of a building;
1b. The structure at the top of a building that supports this.
2. A similar top or covering for a vehicle, etc.
3. The interior overhead surface of a room, vault, cave, etc.
4. A dwelling or home.

Example: two families under the same roof
5. The top inner surface of an oven, refrigerator, etc.
6. The upper inside surface of the mouth; the palate.

Form: roof of the mouth (usually)
7. A high, or the highest, level; an upper limit.

Example: the roof of the world

verb roofed, roofing

1. To cover or provide something with a roof.
2. To serve as a roof or shelter for something.

Derivative: roofed
adj

With a roof.

Derivative: roofer
noun

Someone who makes or repairs roofs.

Derivative: roofing

Materials for building a roof.

The roof itself.

Derivative: roofless
adj

Derivative: rooflike
adj

Idiom: have a roof over one's head

To have somewhere to live.

Idiom: go through the roof (hit the roof)

colloq
To become very angry.
Thesaurus: lose one's temper, become angry, fume, blow a fuse (slang), hit the ceiling (US slang).

Idiom: raise the roof

To make a great deal of noise or fuss.

To become very angry.

Etymology: Anglo-Saxon hrof.