transcription, транскрипция: [ ru:f ]
The plural can be pronounced /ru:fs/ or /ru:vz/.
( roofs)
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
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 a red slate roof...
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2.
The roof of a car or other vehicle is the top part of it, which protects passengers or goods from the weather.
The car rolled onto its roof, trapping him.
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3.
The roof of your mouth is the highest part of the inside of your mouth.
She clicked her tongue against the roof of her mouth.
N-COUNT : the N of n
4.
If the level of something such as the price of a product or the rate of inflation goes through the roof , it suddenly increases very rapidly indeed. ( INFORMAL )
Prices for Korean art have gone through the roof.
PHRASE : V inflects
5.
If you hit the roof or go through the roof , you become very angry indeed, and usually show your anger by shouting at someone. ( INFORMAL )
Sergeant Long will hit the roof when I tell him you’ve gone off.
PHRASE : V inflects
6.
If a group of people inside a building raise the roof , they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting.
He raised the roof at the conference when he sang his own version of the socialist anthem, The Red Flag.
PHRASE : V inflects
7.
If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof , they are in the same building.
The firms intend to open either together under one roof or alongside each other in shopping malls...
PHRASE : PHR after v , v-link PHR