Roofs Or Rooves Oxford Dictionary

To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs.

Roofs or rooves oxford dictionary.

The plural of roof for people old enough to read the oxford dictionary of the english language in fact old enough to know that the real napoleon was not dynamite or a brandy. Operating costs went through the roof last year. The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident. Roof third person singular simple present roofs present participle roofing simple past and past participle roofed transitive to cover or furnish with a roof.

Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves. Transitive slang to put into prison to bird. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century.

Get a rooves mug for your girlfriend yasemin. These are special liners on the sides and sometimes the roof and back of an oven which are treated with a material that absorbs those greasy splashes. Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace. Tim climbed on to the garage roof.

The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked. Rooves is an older form of the word and rarely used these days. The structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle. You must be methuselah.

The top inner surface of a covered area or space. Australian children right up to the 1980s for example were brought up with the word. Throughout history roofs have been constructed of thatch clay palm leaves wood and many other building materials. The roof of the cave fell in.

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