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Definition of roof

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Roof (n.) The cover of any building, including the roofing (see Roofing) and all the materials and construction necessary to carry and maintain the same upon the walls or other uprights. In the case of a building with vaulted ceilings protected by an outer roof, some writers call the vault the roof, and the outer protection the roof mask. It is better, however, to consider the vault as the ceiling only, in cases where it has farther covering..

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Criminal :: Criminal (n.) One who has commited a crime; especially, one who is found guilty by verdict, confession, or proof; a malefactor; a felon..

Touch :: Touch (v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality..

Schooling :: Schooling (n.) Discipline; reproof; reprimand; as, he gave his son a good schooling..

Eaves :: Eaves (n. pl.) The edges or lower borders of the roof of a building, which overhang the walls, and cast off the water that falls on the roof..

Assumption :: Assumption (n.) The act of taking for granted, or supposing a thing without proof; supposition; unwarrantable claim..

Veranda :: Veranda (n.) An open, roofed gallery or portico, adjoining a dwelling house, forming an out-of-door sitting room. See Loggia..

Snowshed :: Snowshed (n.) A shelter to protect from snow, esp. a long roof over an exposed part of a railroad..

Unroof :: Unroof (v. t.) To strip off the roof or covering of, as a house..

Roofed :: Roofed (imp. & p. p.) of Roo.

Column :: Column (n.) A kind of pillar; a cylindrical or polygonal support for a roof, ceiling, statue, etc., somewhat ornamented, and usually composed of base, shaft, and capital. See Order..

Approof :: Approof (n.) Approval; commendation.

Cite :: Cite (v. t.) To refer to or specify, as for support, proof, illustration, or confirmation..

Thunderproof :: Thunderproof (a.) Secure against the effects of thunder or lightning.

Evidence :: Evidence (n.) That which is legally submitted to competent tribunal, as a means of ascertaining the truth of any alleged matter of fact under investigation before it; means of making proof; -- the latter, strictly speaking, not being synonymous with evidence, but rather the effect of it..

Roof :: Roof (n.) That which resembles, or corresponds to, the covering or the ceiling of a house; as, the roof of a cavern; the roof of the mouth..

Demonstration :: Demonstration (n.) The act of proving by the syllogistic process, or the proof itself..

Valley :: Valley (n.) The place of meeting of two slopes of a roof, which have their plates running in different directions, and form on the plan a reentrant angle..

Rooftree :: Rooftree (n.) The beam in the angle of a roof; hence, the roof itself..

Boot :: Boot (n.) The metal casing and flange fitted about a pipe where it passes through a roof.

Catechise :: Catechise (v. t.) To question or interrogate; to examine or try by questions; -- sometimes with a view to reproof, by eliciting from a person answers which condemn his own conduct..