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• Roof — A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most… …   Wikipedia

• roof — rooflike, adj. /roohf, roof/, n., pl. roofs, v. n. 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.… …   Universalium

• roof — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep ▪ corruga …   Collocations dictionary

• conical — adj. Conical is used with these nouns: ↑flask, ↑roof, ↑shape …   Collocations dictionary

• Tented roof — A hipped roof or tented roof is a special type of roof, widely used in 16th and 17th century Russian architecture for churches and belltowers. It is either: * a conical (actually polygonal) roof made of wood, where wood logs are located along the …   Wikipedia

• Hipped roof — can refer to: *A hip roof, a type of roof where all sides are sloped *A tented roof, a conical style of roof seen in Russian architecture …   Wikipedia

• Bell roof — Bell Bell, n. [AS. belle, fr. bellan to bellow. See {Bellow}.] 1. A hollow metallic vessel, usually shaped somewhat like a cup with a flaring mouth, containing a clapper or tongue, and giving forth a ringing sound on being struck. [1913 Webster]… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Western architecture — Introduction       history of Western architecture from prehistoric Mediterranean cultures to the present.       The history of Western architecture is marked by a series of new solutions to structural problems. During the period from the… …   Universalium

• Dome — For other uses, see Dome (disambiguation). Domal redirects here. For domal consonants , see Retroflex consonant. Dome of St. Peter s Basilica in Rome crowned by a cupola. Designed primarily by Michelangelo, the dome was not completed until 1590 A …   Wikipedia

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• Oast house — A traditional oast An oast, oast house or hop kiln is a building designed for kilning (drying) hops as part of the brewing process. They can be found in most hop growing (and former hop growing) areas and are often good examples of vernacular… …   Wikipedia