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overroof

overroof noun: a roof constructed above another roof.

Noun

overroof (plural overroofs)

  1. A roof constructed above another roof.
    • Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation.1988, Old-House Journal, volume 16, number 5, page 51

Verb

overroof (third-person singular simple present overroofs, present participle overroofing, simple past and past participle overroofed)

  1. (transitive) To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure).
  2. (poetic, transitive) To cover like a roof.

Adjective

overroof (comparative more overroof, superlative most overroof)

  1. Conducted over rooftops.
    • For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments.1913 June–December, Edgar Rice Burroughs, “What Happened in the Rue Maule”, in The Return of Tarzan, New York, N.Y.: A[lbert] L[evi] Burt Company, […], published March 1915, →OCLC, page 40

Forms of overroof

Noun
pluraloverroofs
alternative formover-roof
Verb
third-person singular presentoverroofs
present participleoverroofing
past participleoverroofed
pastoverroofed
Adjective
comparativemore overroof
superlativemost overroof

Origin of overroof

From over- + roof.

Questions about overroof

What does overroof mean?
Overroof means a roof constructed above another roof.
What part of speech is overroof?
Overroof can be a noun, a verb or an adjective.
What is the plural of overroof?
The plural of overroof is overroofs.

Words near overroof in the dictionary

  1. overromantically
  2. overromanticize
  3. overromanticized
  4. overromanticizes
  5. overromanticizing
  6. overroof
  7. overroofed
  8. overroofing
  9. overroofs
  10. overrose
  11. overrosy

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