roof
♦ roof /r'uːf/ (roofs)
The plural can be pronounced /r'uːfs/or /r'uːvz/
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The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof...
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The roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.
3 [N-COUNT] the N of n
The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
4 [PHRASE] V inflects
If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed. (INFORMAL)
Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone. (INFORMAL)
Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
7 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building.
The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...roof gar|den (roof gardens)
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A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building.roof rack (roof racks)
also roof-rack
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A roof rack is a metal frame that is fixed on top of a car and used for carrying large objects. (BRIT; in AM, use luggage rack)
The plural can be pronounced /r'uːfs/or /r'uːvz/
1 [N-COUNT]
The roof of a building is the covering on top of it that protects the people and things inside from the weather.
...a small stone cottage with a red slate roof...
2 [N-COUNT]
The roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.
3 [N-COUNT] the N of n
The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
4 [PHRASE] V inflects
If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof, it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed. (INFORMAL)
Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.
5 [PHRASE] V inflects
If you hit the roof or go through the roof, you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone. (INFORMAL)
Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you've gone off.
6 [PHRASE] V inflects
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof, they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
7 [PHRASE] PHR after v, v-link PHR
If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof, they are in the same building.
The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...roof gar|den (roof gardens)
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A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building.roof rack (roof racks)
also roof-rack
[N-COUNT]
A roof rack is a metal frame that is fixed on top of a car and used for carrying large objects. (BRIT; in AM, use luggage rack)