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peaked roof

peaked roof noun: any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.

peaked roof: any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge...
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Noun

peaked roof (plural peaked roofs or peaked rooves)

  1. Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.
  2. More generally, any roof rising to either a ridge or a point, typically either conical, polygonal, or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top.

peaked roof meaning in Tamil

peaked roof in Tamil

கூம்புக்கூரை

Forms of peaked roof

pluralpeaked roofs
pluralpeaked rooves

Questions about peaked roof

What does peaked roof mean?
Peaked roof means any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.
What is peaked roof in Tamil?
Peaked roof in Tamil is கூம்புக்கூரை. See Peaked roof meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is peaked roof?
Peaked roof is a noun.
What is the plural of peaked roof?
The plural of peaked roof is peaked roofs.

Words near peaked roof in the dictionary

  1. peaka peow
  2. peakbagging
  3. Peake
  4. Peakean
  5. peaked
  6. peaked roof
  7. peaked roofs
  8. peaked rooves
  9. peakedly
  10. peakedness
  11. peakednesses

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