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pentroof

pentroof is the alternative form of pent roof.

Meaning of pent roof

Noun

pent roof (plural pent roofs)

  1. A sloping roof with a singular surface.
  2. A short roof appended to the side of a building, particularly a barn.
  3. A penta engine, also known as a pent-roof combustion chamber.

Forms of pentroof

pluralpentroofs

Questions about pentroof

What is pentroof the alternative form of?
Pentroof is the alternative form of pent roof.

Words near pentroof in the dictionary

  1. pentremitid
  2. pentremitids
  3. Pentridge
  4. pentrit
  5. pentrite
  6. pentroof
  7. pentroofs
  8. pentrough
  9. pentroughs
  10. pents
  11. pentstemon

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pentroof (page history and authors); pent roof (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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