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roofing
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun roofing has 2 senses
- roofing(n = noun.artifact) Array - material used to construct a roof; Array is a kind of material
- roofing(n = noun.act) Array - the craft of a roofer; Array is a kind of craft, trade
is a part of building, construction
has particulars: slating
Derived form verb roof1
CIDE DICTIONARY
roofing, n.
- The act of covering with a roof. [1913 Webster]
- The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. Gwilt. [1913 Webster]
- Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. Southey. [1913 Webster]
- The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Raymond. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
roofing, n.
1 material for constructing a roof.
2 the process of constructing a roof or roofs.
1 material for constructing a roof.
2 the process of constructing a roof or roofs.
THESAURUS
roofing
adobe, ashlar, brick, bricks and mortar, ceiling, cement, clinker, concrete, covering materials, eaves, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, housetop, lantern, lath and plaster, masonry, mortar, overhead, pavement, paving, paving material, penthouse, plafond, plasters, prestressed concrete, ridgepole, roof, roof garden, roof-deck, roofage, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, shingles, siding, skylight, slates, stone, tile, tiles, tiling, top, walling
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