ROOF


Meaning of ROOF in English

[noun] [C] - the covering that forms the top of a building, vehicle, etc.From my window I have a lovely view out over the red roofs of the city.The house has a sloping/flat/tiled/thatched roof.Put the luggage on the roof of the bus.I'll put these empty boxes in the roof (= the space below the top of the building) until we need them.The roof (= upper surface) of the cave is 50 metres up.This cake is so dry that it sticks to the roof of your mouth (= upper surface of the mouth).See picture: HouseShe gave him enough money to get a roof over his head (= a place to live).I refuse to live under the same roof as (= in the same place as) that horrible man.Prices have gone through the roof (= risen to a very high level).When I was expelled from school, my parents went through the roof/hit the roof (= got very angry).With their last, triumphant piece, the musicians raised the roof (= played/sang very loudly and enthusiastically).A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building.A roof rack is a frame fixed on top of the roof of a vehicle, for carrying large objects.See picture: Racks

Cambridge English vocab.      Кембриджский английский словарь.