Roofs constructed of flat sloped sections are referred to as pitched roofs.
Plurall of roof.
The noun roof adheres to the standard rules for forming the plurals of nouns in english shown in the table below.
Rooves is an old secondary form and it still appears occasionally by analogy with other irregular plurals such as hooves but it is not common enough to be considered standard.
The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked.
The top external level of a building.
The primary job of most roofs is to keep out water.
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The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident.
I have solar panels on my roof.
Roof plural roofs or rooves the external covering at the top of a building.
The roof was blown off by the tornado.
Tim climbed on to the garage roof.
Plural roofs pronunciation note.
In fact while macquarie dictionary only lists roofs as the plural they do note two types of pronunciation one that s a v sound even though you still spell it roofs.
We stepped out onto the roof of the building.
The vaulted upper boundary of the mouth supported largely by the palatine bones and limited anteriorly by the dental lamina and posteriorly by the uvula and upper part of the fauces.
Roof definition the external upper covering of a house or other building.
The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternative yet outdated version of roofs.
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Plural roofs ˈrüfs ˈru fs also ˈrüvz ˈru vz medical definition of roof 1.
Roofs is the plural of roof in all varieties of english.
Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace.