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{
"term": "roof",
"partOfSpeech": "noun",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a2",
"image": "data/images/ho/house_1.png",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "the structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle",
"cefr": "a2",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "a flat/sloping/pitched roof"
},
{
"text": "Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace."
},
{
"text": "a tin/slate/tiled/thatched roof"
},
{
"text": "The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked."
},
{
"text": "Tim climbed on to the garage roof."
},
{
"text": "The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident."
},
{
"text": "Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace."
},
{
"text": "We stepped out onto the roof of the building."
},
{
"text": "I have solar panels on my roof."
},
{
"text": "Five people were killed when the roof fell in."
},
{
"text": "The burglars removed tiles to climb into the roof space."
},
{
"text": "The roof is supported by stone columns."
},
{
"text": "The roof slopes down to the top of the windows."
},
{
"text": "The roof was covered with red clay tiles."
},
{
"text": "There are small windows in the roof."
},
{
"text": "There's a cat on the roof."
}
],
"topics": ["Houses and homes", "Transport by car or lorry", "Buildings"],
"collocations": {
"adjective": ["conical", "flat", "gabled"],
"verb + roof": ["support", "cover"],
"roof + verb": ["slope", "cave in", "collapse"],
"roof + noun": ["space", "covering", "slate"],
"preposition": ["in a/the roof", "on a/the roof", "under your roof"],
"phrases": ["under one roof", "under the same roof"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "having the type of roof mentioned",
"examples": [
{
"text": "flat-roofed buildings"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "the top of an underground space such as a tunnel or cave",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The roof of the tunnel was starting to collapse."
},
{
"text": "The cave had a very low roof."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "the top of the inside of your mouth",
"sensetop": "roof of your mouth",
"cefr": "c1",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Body"]
},
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "to rise or increase very quickly",
"examples": [
{
"text": "House prices here have gone through the roof."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "to become very angry",
"labels": "(informal)",
"cefr": "c2",
"examples": [],
"topics": ["Feelings"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have somewhere to live",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Thanks to Bob’s generosity, I still have a roof over my head."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "very nervous",
"examples": [
{
"text": "She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to produce or make somebody produce a lot of noise in a building, for example by shouting or cheering",
"examples": [
{
"text": "Their cheers raised the roof."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in the same building or house",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are various stores and restaurants all under one roof."
},
{
"text": "I don't think I can live under the same roof as you any longer."
},
{
"text": "We're good friends but we could never live under the same roof."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "in your home",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I don't want her under my roof again."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ruːf/",
"audio": "ro/roof/roof__gb_3.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ruːf/",
"audio": "ro/roof/roof__us_1_rr.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English hrōf, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hróf ‘boat shed’, Dutch roef ‘deckhouse’. English alone has the general sense ‘covering of a house’; other Germanic languages use forms related to thatch."
}