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reed-roofed

reed-roofed adjective: of a building or structure, covered with a roof made from reeds, typically layered as thatch for waterproofing and insulation.

Adjective

reed-roofed (not comparable)

  1. (also, poetic) Of a building or structure, covered with a roof made from reeds, typically layered as thatch for waterproofing and insulation.
    • What is this homespun comedy of Love, / Rank with the furrow-cleaving herdsman's toil? / What is this vineyard lodge, this red alcove, / Reed-roofed among the orchards of the oil?1895, John Byrne Leicester Warren (3rd baron De Tabley.), Poems, Dramatic and Lyrical, page 136
    • Opening the wall to the reed-roofed patio was like adding a new room to small house.1958, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Department (contributor), Sunset, volume 121, page 62

Questions about reed-roofed

What does reed-roofed mean?
Reed-roofed means of a building or structure, covered with a roof made from reeds, typically layered as thatch for waterproofing and insulation.
What part of speech is reed-roofed?
Reed-roofed is an adjective.

Words near reed-roofed in the dictionary

  1. reed wrens
  2. Reed's syndrome
  3. Reed-Kellogg system
  4. reed-mace
  5. reed-maces
  6. reed-roofed
  7. Reed-Sternberg cell
  8. Reed-Sternberg cells
  9. reedbed
  10. reedbeds
  11. reedbird

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