tile roof
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3.2
- noun
- /taɪl ruːf/
:
techo de tejas
- The hotel where the colonel stayed each August was a venerable two-story colonial of white stucco with a red tile roof, shaded by bougainvilleas and palms.
- red tile roof
You can make a roof with wooden shingles, which are just wooden tiles, or you can thatch a roof, but it's nothing like as durable as a tiled roof.
- You can make a roof with wooden shingles, which are just wooden tiles, or you can thatch a roof, but it's nothing like as durable as a tiled roof.
Examples
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Beyond an inner gate, he entered the mansion, a large, half-timbered building with a brown tile roof.
Fiction book (2002) -
The house was two stories, with whitewashed walls and a red-tile roof.
Fiction book (2000) -
A long red tile roof was visible through breaks in the foliage.
Fiction book (1993) -
It's got white stucco walls, red tile roof and a stone terrace.
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I basically wanted to see Santa Barbara, and whenever I think about Santa Barbara, I always think about those beautiful red tile roofs.
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The rental price was most reasonable, especially considering the coral-colored tile roof that the realtor made much of.
Fiction book (1990) -
Modern, that is, compared to the ruins, but the main temple in the compound must have been quite old; the tile roof had long been discolored by the weather.
Academic text (2007) -
The red-haired actress gestured at the mansion that loomed up behind them, its slanting red tile roof glowing in the bright sunny haze.
Fiction book (1998) -
There's an old framed photograph in the lobby taken from this, the top floor: a patterned landscape of dark tile roofs, rice paddies, and vegetable gardens, with wood smoke rising out of bathhouse chimneys.
Fiction book (1996) -
The traditional Mediterranean villa featured a stunning tile roof that enhanced its architectural charm.
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Morphology
The meaning 'a roof made of tiles' is directly and predictably composed from 'tile' (a flat piece for covering) + 'roof' (top covering of a building). This simple noun–noun compound follows common English and cross‑linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily infer the full meaning.
Etymology
The noun tile roof gives a simple picture: many hard tiles are laid in overlapping rows on a roof so rain runs off like water sliding from scales. This clear image explains why it means 'a roof made of tiles'.