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# roof

«roof» in Mova's school dictionary: **the top covering of a building or vehicle** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#m1)

2) The roof of your mouth is the hard top part inside your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#m2)

3) A roof over your head means a place to live. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#m3)

### 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 →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x1)
- Rain drummed on the roof all night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x2)
- The car has a sunroof. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x3)
- The roof of the old barn leaked. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x4)
- Mum hit the roof when she saw the mess. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x5)
- Peanut butter sticks to the roof of your mouth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x6)
- Everyone was under one roof for the party. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x7)
- The roof sloped nearly to the ground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/#x8)

### 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.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/223-gulls-chip-thieves-rain-dances-and-salty-water/8/)
- [And the Australian possum living in a roof is a different animal from the American opossum, though both carry their babies in pouches.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/224-raccoons-opossums-and-skunks/4/)
- [Some honeypot ant workers swell with sweet liquid and hang from the nest roof like living jars, storing food for hard times.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/238-ants-colonies-queens-farmers-and-living-bridges/16/)
- [Orangutans make umbrellas and roofs from big leaves, learning from their mothers, with whom they stay for about 7 or 8 years.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/245-more-builders-caddis-cases-paper-wasps-moles-apes-beds-and-sand-circles/10/)
- [British bats raise one baby a year in summer roosts in roofs and trees, and sleep through winter in cold places.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/315-bats-near-home-pipistrelles-noctules-bat-boxes-and-why-never-to-pick-one-up/4/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «roof» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/roof/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.