Meaning

6 senses
  1. The external covering at the top of a building.

    The roof was blown off by the tornado.

    Dach

    кры́шаkrýša, кровkrov, стропstrop

    дахdax, кри́шаkrýša, стрі́хаstríxa

    a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

  2. The top external level of a building.

    Let's go up to the roof.

  3. The upper part of a cavity.

    The palate is the roof of the mouth.

    сводsvod

    an upper limit on what is allowed

  4. The surface or bed of rock immediately overlying a bed of coal or a flat vein.

  5. An overhanging rock wall.

  6. (archaic, slang)A hat.

Examples

750 sentences
  1. The cat is on the roof.

    Кіт на даху.

    ruКошка на крыше.

    deDie Katze ist auf dem Dach.

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  2. Tom almost fell off the roof.

    Том мало не впав із даху.

    ruТом чуть не упал с крыши.

    deTom wäre fast vom Dach gefallen.

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  3. I saw the moon above the roof.

    Я побачив місяць понад дахом.

    ruЯ увидела луну над крышей.

    deIch habe den Mond über dem Dach gesehen.

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  4. Look at the cat on the roof.

    Подивись на кота на даху.

    ruПосмотри на кошку на крыше.

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  5. I saw a house with a red roof.

    Я бачив будинок з червоним дахом.

    ruЯ видел дом с красной крышей.

    deIch sah ein Haus mit rotem Dach.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
the cover at the top of a building:
Русский
By meaning 2
the cover at the top of a building:
the upper part of a cavity:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
the cover at the top of a building:

Origin

From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; hea

From Middle English rhof, rof, roof, rooff, rufe, ruffe, from Old English hrōf (“roof; heaven, sky”), from Proto-West Germanic *hrōf, from Proto-Germanic *hrōfą (“roof”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱrapo- (“roof”), from *krāwə- (“to cover, heap”).

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Forms

plural: roofs / rooves
Singularroof
Pluralroofs / rooves

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
in a cavity:ceilingB2
cover at top of building:rooftoptectthatch
Close in meaning

Word family

84 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • on the roof
  • off the roof
  • the roof of
  • from the roof
  • red roof
  • roof was blown
  • the roof was
  • roof of his
  • roof of my
  • roof leaks
  • to the roof
  • in the roof

See also

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roof — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto