mansard roof
mansard roof noun: 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.
Noun
mansard roof (plural mansard roofs)
- 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.
- My parents live in Chisipite (in Shona, the local language, it means "spring," after the water source there), an outer suburb of the city, in a rather austere 1950s house, with a Dutch-style mansard roof, in an astonishingly fecund acre of garden.2006, Peter Godwin, When a Crocodile Eats the Sun: A Memoir of Africa
- A steeper roof that terminates into a flat roof at its high point.
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:mansard roof.
mansard roof meaning in Tamil and Indonesian
mansard roof in Tamil
- மிகைவீழ்கூரை
mansard roof in Indonesian
- a roof with a shallower slope descending into a steeper slope
- atap prancis
Forms of mansard roof
| plural | mansard roofs |
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Questions about mansard roof
- What does mansard roof mean?
- Mansard roof means 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.
- What is mansard roof in Tamil?
- Mansard roof in Tamil is மிகைவீழ்கூரை. See Mansard roof meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is mansard roof?
- Mansard roof is a noun.
- What is the plural of mansard roof?
- The plural of mansard roof is mansard roofs.
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