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roofless

roofless adjective: without a roof, open to the sky.

Adjective

roofless (not comparable)

  1. Without a roof, open to the sky.
    • Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation.
  2. Having no house or home; unsheltered.
    Synonyms:
    homeless, houseless

Synonyms of roofless

Origin of roofless

From roof + -less.

Words formed from roofless

Questions about roofless

What does roofless mean?
Roofless means without a roof, open to the sky.
What part of speech is roofless?
Roofless is an adjective.

Words near roofless in the dictionary

  1. roofing nails
  2. roofing tile
  3. roofing tiles
  4. roofing tin
  5. roofings
  6. roofless
  7. rooflessness
  8. rooflet
  9. rooflets
  10. rooflight
  11. rooflights

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