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roof

[roof, roof] / ruf, rʊf /


Example Sentences

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A spokesperson for the couple said the stone walls and turfed roof would make it barely visible, and that the energy efficient house would be used as a "family, forever home".

From BBC

At the lower Rangpo area, close to the Teesta River, only a mosque remains, surrounded by piles of sand, some reaching the height of its roof.

From The Wall Street Journal

Does your house have a concrete roof or a thatched one?

From BBC

There’s a burger place with smoke pouring out of a pipe on the roof.

From Literature

Invoices for money owed, receipts for purchases made, junk mail, quotes for repairs to the roof and the sink that’s leaking in the bathroom.

From Literature