roofing
roofing noun: material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. Also the present participle and gerund of roof.
Noun
roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)
- Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
- As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30
- The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
- A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.
Also used as
roofing is also the present participle and gerund of roof.
roofing meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
roofing in Hindi
- छत बनाना
roofing in Tamil
- கூரை அமைத்தல்
roofing in Marathi
- छप्पर बांधणे, छप्परबंदी
roofing in Urdu
- چھت سازی, چھت کاری
More languagesFewer languages
- roofing in Telugu
- రూఫింగ్
- roofing in Odia
- ଛାତ ତିଆରି
Examples of roofing in a sentence
- With its asbestos roofing and unshielded machinery, the factory was a multihazard environment.
- Roofing is material that is used to roof.
- I got a cold call in the middle of dinner from someone trying to sell roofing and siding because they're allegedly working in my area this week.
Forms of roofing
| plural | roofings |
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Origin of roofing
From roof + -ing (“material, collection”).
Words formed from roofing
Phrases with roofing
Questions about roofing
- What does roofing mean?
- Roofing means material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
- What is roofing in Hindi?
- Roofing in Hindi is छत बनाना. See Roofing meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is roofing?
- Roofing is a noun.
- What is the plural of roofing?
- The plural of roofing is roofings.
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Adapted from Wiktionary: roofing (page history and authors); roofing (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roofing (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roofing (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roofing (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roofing (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); roofing (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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