roof peak
- noun
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pico del techo
- The curiosity of our old family house was that the stairs didn't go anywhere, only to an attic under the roof peak.
Examples
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Three metallic roof peaks are meant to symbolize the tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation, and the cylindrical entrance of the museum, made of volcanic stone, is supposed to be informed by the shape of a drum.
Academic text (2004) -
And then those will adorn, like all the roof peaks on, like mine, the little one over here, all of them.
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She peeked through the trailing limbs of fir and thought she spied the unnatural angle of a roof peak below.
Fiction book (1992) -
The bird perched on the roof peak, enjoying the view of the neighborhood below.
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From the roof peak, you can see the entire city skyline stretching into the distance.
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They added decorative shingles at the roof peak to enhance the house's overall appearance.
Synonyms
368
2.1
The highest point something reaches, like a mountain or an achievement
276
3.4
A long narrow raised part of land or a roof
89
3.6
The highest point of a hill or mountain
34
3.9
The highest part of a hill, mountain or road
4
6.3
A high pointed rock that forms a peak
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4.2
The top part of a long narrow hill or mountain
1
3.5
The very top point of something like a tree or mountain
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the highest point or ridge of a roof' is directly and transparently derivable from combining 'roof' (top covering of a building) with 'peak' (highest or pointed top). This straightforward noun+noun composition follows common English and cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Roof peak combines roof, the top of a building, and peak, a high point, so picture the two sloping sides meeting at a sharp top like a little mountain. That's why roof peak means the 'highest point' of a roof where the sides come together.