roof
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2.0
- noun
- /ruf/
:
techo
- I can't feel the roof of my mouth, but that is really, really good.
- roof of the mouth
I've seen some sights man like I've seen poo on the floor, the walls, the roof somehow.
- I've seen some sights man like I've seen poo on the floor, the walls, the roof somehow.
- And then he has a traverse, like a very tricky traverse, and through the roof.
- I can't feel the roof of my mouth, but that is really, really good.
- It changes the jaw at the roof of the mouth drops a whole lot of horrible things.
Examples
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Not when they so desperately needed money and a roof over their heads.
Academic text (2016) -
Amazingly, though, the curved roof of the tunnel ceiling was predominantly intact.
Fiction book (1998) -
I was on the roof.
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I wanted to know a few things about you before I let you sleep under my roof.
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Put your tongue on the roof of your mouth.
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It kept sticking to the roof of my mouth.
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Alfred began to sing, his nasal voice bouncing off the roof of his mouth.
Fiction book (1991) -
Something grainier, like the dry sandiness of real champagne hitting the roof of your mouth.
Fiction book (1997) -
"Our cave worms make their homes along the roof," his voice echoed softly.
Fiction book (1990) -
The sound echoed off the roof of the cave, creating a haunting melody.
Synonyms
404
1.0
The top inside surface of a room
116
3.4
A rounded roof or ceiling on a building, such as a church
64
4.1
A cover over an area that protects from rain or sun
4
5.8
An arched ceiling made of stone, brick, or concrete
1
3.7
The top inside surface of the mouth that separates it from the nose
Idioms
- Informal
33
3.2
A place to live, like a house or flat that keeps you dry and safe
Very nervous and unable to stay still because of worry or excitement
Compounds
- Specialized
1
8.1
A roof with two slopes on each side, the lower slope steeper than the upper
- Specialized
1
3.7
The top inside surface of the mouth that separates it from the nose
- Specialized
A roof with two slopes on each side, a steeper lower slope and a gentler upper slope
- Specialized
A roof with very steep sides and a flat top that gives extra attic space
- Specialized
A mushroom with a pointed cap like a house roof that grows in damp places in early summer
- Specialized
A strong beam that supports a roof or a tree growing high above a building
- Specialized
A roof with two sloping sides that meet at a ridge and have a triangular wall at each end
Surface Forms
Etymology
Roof kept the simple idea of being the 'top' of a space, which is why we also call the inside top of a cave or the 'roof' of your mouth the roof — it is the top surface over you.