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gable roofs

gable roofs is the plural of gable roof.

Meaning of gable roof

Noun

gable roof (plural gable roofs)

  1. A single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends.
    • A gable roof is the basic design for residential roof construction. It can be made with trusses or traditional rafters. Even though building a gable roof is a lot of work, its design is the essence of simplicity: Two flat planes are joined together to form a simple peaked structure.2009, Albert Jackson, David Day, Popular Mechanics Complete Home How-to, Sterling, →ISBN, pages 205–

Questions about gable roofs

What is gable roofs the plural of?
Gable roofs is the plural of gable roof.

Words near gable roofs in the dictionary

  1. gable
  2. gable end
  3. gable ends
  4. Gable Head
  5. gable roof
  6. gable roofs
  7. gable window
  8. gable windows
  9. gableboard
  10. gableboards
  11. gabled

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