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• slate roof — noun a roof covered with slate (Freq. 2) • Hypernyms: ↑roof …   Useful english dictionary

• The Slate Roof House — was one of two residences occupied by William Penn during his second visit to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1699 1701. The house stood on 2nd Street south of Chestnut from ca. 1687 until its demolition in 1867. Built for Barbadian Quaker merchant …   Wikipedia

• Slate gray — Color coordinates Hex triplet #708090 RGBB (r …   Wikipedia

• 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 construction — This article is about house construction that consists of beams and an outer weatherproof skin, as found on most domestic architecture. Such roofs may take a number of different shapes. Construction of a ridged roofA simple ridged roof consists… …   Wikipedia

• roof — 1 noun (C) 1 OF A BUILDING the outside surface or structure on top of a building, vehicle, tent etc: Our roof used to leak whenever it rained. | We can probably strap the cases to the roof of her car. 2 OF A PASSAGE the top of a passage under the …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• roof — roof1 W2S3 [ru:f US ru:f, ruf] n ↑chimney, ↑gutter [: Old English; Origin: hrof] 1.) the structure that covers or forms the top of a building, vehicle, tent etc ▪ They finally found the cat up on the roof. roof of ▪ We can probably strap the… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• roof — n. 1) to install a roof 2) a gabled; shingle; slate roof 3) a roof leaks 4) (misc.) to raise the roof ( to complain vociferously ); to hit the roof (AE) ( to lose one s temper ) * * * [ruːf] shingle slate roof to hit the roof ( to lose one s… …   Combinatory dictionary

• slate — [[t]sle͟ɪt[/t]] slates, slating, slated 1) N UNCOUNT: oft N n Slate is a dark grey rock that can be easily split into thin layers. Slate is often used for covering roofs. ... a stone built cottage, with a traditional slate roof. 2) N COUNT A… …   English dictionary

• roof — [[t]ru͟ːf[/t]] ♦♦♦ roofs (The plural can be pronounced [[t]ru͟ːfs[/t]] or [[t]ru͟ːvz[/t]].) 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… …   English dictionary

• roof — Synonyms and related words: Dymaxion house, French roof, M roof, White House, abiding place, abode, address, adobe house, ancestral halls, apex, barrack roof, bonnet, building, bulkhead, cantonment, cap, casa, ceil, ceiling, chamber, chimney… …   Moby Thesaurus