Antonyms for roof
ruf, rʊfroof

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1. roofnoun

   a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building

   Synonyms:
   cap, ceiling

2. roofnoun

   protective covering on top of a motor vehicle

   Synonyms:
   cap, ceiling

3. roofnoun

   the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space

   "the roof of the cave was very high"; "I could see the roof of the bear's mouth"

   Synonyms:
   cap, ceiling

4. ceiling, roof, capverb

   an upper limit on what is allowed

   "he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him"; "there was a roof on salaries"; "they established a cap for prices"

   Synonyms:
   detonating device, crownwork, chapiter, ceiling, crown, detonator, capital, cap, pileus, hood, jacket, jacket crown

5. roofverb

   provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof

How to use roof in a sentence?

1. William Cowper:

   O Winter ruler of the inverted year, . . . I crown thee king of intimate delights, Fireside enjoyments, home-born happiness, And all the comforts that the lowly roof Of undisturb'd Retirement, and the hours Of long uninterrupted evening, know.

2. Wendy Thomas:

   [Sanders'] popularity here is going through the roof. His events are getting bigger and bigger.

3. Melanie Walsh:

   Because it was abandoned, when we first bought the home there were so many holes in the roof we had to sign our contract under umbrellas.

4. Thomas Merton:

   It is easy enough to tell the poor to accept their poverty as Gods will when you yourself have warm clothes and plenty of food and medical care and a roof over your head and no worry about the rent. But if you want them to believe youtry to share some of their poverty and see if you can accept it as Gods will yourself!

5. Second Capt. Steve Swiger:

   It was a fully engulfed commercial structure fire. It was through the roof from the get-go, the only thing we seen that we could salvage was an American flag that was at the entrance of the building.

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