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roof tree

roof tree noun: the ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.

Noun

roof tree (plural roof trees)

  1. (archaic) The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
  2. (figuratively) By extension: a peaked roof, especially of a house; by further extension: a house, a dwelling structure, a building used as a home.
    • Everyone is supposed to know what a mortgage is. With most the experience is personal; in the course of a generation few roof trees avoid this affliction.MORTGAGES-THE GENESIS OF THE LIEN THEORY, BY William H. Lloyd; Yale Law Journal, Volume 32, Article 3

Forms of roof tree

pluralroof trees
alternative formrooftree
alternative formroof-tree

Origin of roof tree

From roof + tree.

Words that rhyme with roof tree

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Questions about roof tree

What does roof tree mean?
Roof tree means the ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
What part of speech is roof tree?
Roof tree is a noun.
What is the plural of roof tree?
The plural of roof tree is roof trees.

Words near roof tree in the dictionary

  1. roof squares
  2. roof tax
  3. roof taxes
  4. roof tile
  5. roof tiles
  6. roof tree
  7. roof trees
  8. roof turret
  9. roof-brain chatter
  10. roof-plate
  11. roof-plates

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