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(architecture) A small recessed area set off from a larger room.
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(Louisiana, Texas) A sidewalk.
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(architecture) A roof having a semicircular cross section; used to span large distances in railway stations etc
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(roofing) A building profile featuring a rounded profile to the roof on the short axis, but with no angle change on a cut along the long axis.
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(architecture) The floor of a belfry, made to serve as a roof to the rooms below.
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(roofing) a metal panel profile featuring a step-down profile that runs perpendicular to the slope of the roof.
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(chiefly in the plural) A rafter or cross spar of a roof especially of a cottage.
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(architecture) A roof in the shape of a shallow V, with two slopes meeting at a lowest point in the centre.
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(architecture) A coffer.
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A steep roof that ends near the ground
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An alpine style of wooden building with a sloping roof and overhanging eaves.
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Obsolete form of ceiling. [The overhead closure of a room.]
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The entire structure, including coamings.
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Alternative spelling of coach roof [The portion of the deck raised to give increased headroom in the cabin.]
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(roofing) A topmost row of roofing slates that project above the line of the ridge
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(architecture) A depressed section of flooring within a larger room, having built-in seating and sometimes a central table.
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(Scotland) Of a garret: having the inside ceiling sloping from the wall.
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(architecture) To arch over; to build in a hollow concave form; to make in the form of a cove.
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(architecture) A gutter in a roof.
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(architecture) A nearly flat roof that is not surmounted by parapet walls.
adj
Furnished with one or more divans.
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(architecture) A room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof.
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(architecture) Alternative form of eaves (“the underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building”) [(architecture) The underside of a roof that extends beyond the external walls of a building.]
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An extension usually at right angles to one end of a building.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see family, roof.
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A modified form of mansard roof having a nearly flat deck for the upper slope.
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(architecture) The triangular area at the peak of an external wall adjacent to, and terminating, two sloped roof surfaces (pitches).
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(architecture) The side of a building which is topped by a gable
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(roofing) A single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.
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(US, architecture) A gambrel roof.
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A roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends.
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Having a gambrel roof.
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(architecture) A skylight that lies along the slope of the roof.
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(Scotland, archaic, architecture) A gable.
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A roof of a house or other building which is designed to collect rainfall for use in gardens, lawns, or as drinking water.
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A projecting metal, concrete, or stone exterior architectural element located at the corner and/or foot of gates, portes-cochères, garage entries, and walls to prevent damage from vehicle tires and wheels.
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(architecture) That part of an elliptical or many-centred arch which has the shorter radius and immediately adjoins the impost.
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The length of overlap between overlapping roof tiles
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To make with a hip or hips, as a roof.
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A roof formed from inclined, planar ends and sides, joined at their edges to form hips, the longer sides forming a ridge at the top
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(architecture) Synonym of hip roof
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(UK) One of the shorter rafters used in constructing a hip or valley roof.
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(architecture) The hipped part of a roof which is hipped only for a part of its height, leaving a truncated gable.
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On a gable-end, the stone (often decorated) at the base of the slope of the gable on either side.
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(architecture) Alternative form of ledgment [(architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.]
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Obsolete form of ledgment. [(architecture) A stringcourse or horizontal suit of mouldings, such as the base mouldings of a building.]
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(technical, construction, US) According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2/12 or 1:6 (9.5 degrees) or less.
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A roof having a valley instead of a flat at the top, giving it a vertical section somewhat like the capital letter M.
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A roof having two slopes on each side, the lower one having a steeper pitch than the upper; this increases the volume of the enclosed space.
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(roofing) a meandering ridge in a roof membrane not associated with insulation or deck joints.
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(architecture) The ground-level middle cavity of a barn.
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a type of gable in vogue between the 17th and the 18th centuries in the Netherlands with a rectangular body (resembling a neck, hence the name) in place of the usual triangular shape found with a regular gable
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(roofing) a method of valley construction in which the steep-slope roofing on both sides are trimmed along each side of the valley, exposing the metal valley flashing.
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(architecture) That portion of the roof structure that extends beyond the exterior walls of a building.
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(architecture, archaic) An arch or gateway in Chinese architecture, serving as a monument to the deceased.
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Part of a perimeter that extends above the roof.
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(architecture) A roof or covering of a structure designed to provide cover from wind, rain, or sun.
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(chiefly British) A paved path, for the use of pedestrians, located at the side of a road.
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(architecture) A roof sloping equally on all sides.
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Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.
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(architecture) A supporting post attached to the main rafter.
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(obsolete) A sloping roof; a lean-to; a penthouse.
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A sloping roof with a singular surface.
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An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.
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Alternative form of pentice [An extension of a building's roof and the protected area beneath; an appentice.]
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Alternative form of pent roof [A sloping roof with a singular surface.]
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(architecture, slang, chiefly in the plural) Any of the buildings of the Royal Academy and National Gallery in Trafalgar Square, London, having cupolas on the roof.
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(structural architecture) A column or short wing wall attached to the foundation wall which provides lateral support, or to support a vertical load that does not fall on the foundation wall.
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(architecture) An upright member, generally ending in a small spire, used to finish a buttress, to constitute a part in a proportion, as where pinnacles flank a gable or spire.
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A type of roof having one or more pitches, but not necessarily rising to form a ridge or peak.
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(historical, military) A subterranean passage communicating between the parade and the main ditch, or between the ditches and the interior of the outworks.
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(architecture) An enclosure around a well to prevent people from falling into it.
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A hip roof without a central ridge, thus pyramidal in form.
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(roofing) The sloped edge of a roof at or adjacent to the first or last rafter.
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(US) A simple arbour or open porch, typically roofed with branches.
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The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running the length of the area.
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(UK, dialectal, obsolete) A measure of five and a half yards in length.
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The top external level of a building.
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(roofing) A raised frame used to mount mechanical units (such as air conditioning or exhaust fans), skylights, etc. on a roof.
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(construction, renovation, roofing) 100 square feet
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(archaic) The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
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Obsolete spelling of roof [(architecture) The external covering at the top of a building.]
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A small roof or covering.
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The space inside a roof (between the roof and the ceiling).
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Synonym of Roof, a Chinese constellation.
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The primary beam of a roof; the ridgepole; hence, the roof itself.
adj
(archaic) Having roofs.
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(architecture) A roofing structure with the street beneath it in Mediterranean and Middle Eastern architecture, serving to support buildings or to cool pedestrians by maximizing daytime shade and accelerating breezes.
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A roof in the same shape, having a gable at each end.
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A roof where one side slopes farther down than the other.
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(roofing) An upward curled felt side lap or end lap.
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(construction) A roof having only one sloping plane and no hips, ridges or valleys.
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(now chiefly dialectal) A roof rafter or couple, usually one of a pair.
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(architecture) A straight sloped part of a ceiling, such as on the underside of a pitched roof.
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(chiefly Scotland, architecture) The coping of a gable.
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(architecture) A room built against the back of another building, having a separate roof.
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(architecture) The visible underside of an arch, balcony, beam, cornice, staircase, vault or any other architectural element.
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A common roof, having two slopes and one ridge, with eaves on both sides.
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(architecture) The triangular space under a stair; the material that fills the space.
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(architecture) A flared extension at the base of a sloped roof.
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A roof whose principal rafters meet at a right angle.
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(technical, construction, US) According to ASTM standard E 1918-97, a roof whose uppermost part is installed at a slope of 2:12 (9.5 degrees) or more.
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(architecture) The bottom or lower portion of a member or part such as a slate or tile.
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(architecture) The space between a wall and the nearest girder of a floor.
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(archaic, architecture) A shed or building annexed to the wall of a larger one, having its roof formed in a single slope with the top resting against the wall; lean-to.
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A roof of a building covered over with turf.
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Any structure resembling one, e.g. the interior angle formed by the intersection of two sloping roof planes.
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Obsolete form of ventail. [(historical) Synonym of aventail (“mail curtain or flap, on a helmet or a mail coif, that protects the lower face and neck”)]
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(architecture) The eaves or edge of the roof that projects over the gable of a roof.
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