Roofs Or Rooves Oxford Dictionary

The roof of the cave fell in.

Roofs or rooves oxford dictionary.

Roof third person singular simple present roofs present participle roofing simple past and past participle roofed transitive to cover or furnish with a roof. Go through the roof slang 1. You must be methuselah. Australian children right up to the 1980s for example were brought up with the word.

Roofs is the standard plural form of the noun roof which is a covering over a building. Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century. To grow intensify or rise to an enormous often unexpected degree.

Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs. The structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle. The plural of roof for people old enough to read the oxford dictionary of the english language in fact old enough to know that the real napoleon was not dynamite or a brandy.

Transitive slang to put into prison to bird. Throughout history roofs have been constructed of thatch clay palm leaves wood and many other building materials. Hoi polloi live under roofs and civilized men live under rooves. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves.

Tim climbed on to the garage roof. The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked. The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident. These are special liners on the sides and sometimes the roof and back of an oven which are treated with a material that absorbs those greasy splashes.

The top inner surface of a covered area or space.