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How to pronounce roof
Say it like this: /ɹuːf/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does roof mean?
nounThe external covering at the top of a building.
“The roof was blown off by the tornado.”
The top external level of a building.
“Let's go up to the roof.”
The upper part of a cavity.
“The palate is the roof of the mouth.”
verbTo cover or furnish with a roof.
“A trench about ten feet deep was dug in the ground and roofed over with sticks and earth so as to form a dark tunnel.”
To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.
To put into prison, to bird.
“You don’t want war, you’re shook of it Hella man dash when their friend got roofed”
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