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rooftop

'ru:ftɒp4 senses · 189 ms
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noun/ˈɹuːfˌtɒp//ˈɹufˌtɑp//ˈɹʊfˌtɑp/
  1. 1

    The area atop a roof.formal

    • In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!
    • Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)
  2. 2

    The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.

    • The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop.

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