Roofs Or Rooves Oxford Dictionary

Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated but not incorrect.

Roofs or rooves oxford dictionary.

Throughout history roofs have been constructed of thatch clay palm leaves wood and many other building materials. The oxford english dictionary lists rooves as an alternate to roofs one of several outdated spellings used in the uk and in new england as late as the 19th century. The plural of roof for people old enough to read the oxford dictionary of the english language in fact old enough to know that the real napoleon was not dynamite or a brandy. Transitive slang to put into prison to bird.

Hoi polloi live under roofs and civilized men live under rooves. The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident. To traverse buildings by walking or climbing across their roofs. Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace.

The structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle. Operating costs went through the roof last year. To grow intensify or rise to an enormous often unexpected degree. The plural of roof is roofs or rooves.

You must be methuselah. Australian children right up to the 1980s for example were brought up with the word. Go through the roof slang 1. The roof of the cave fell in.

Rooves is an older form of the word and rarely used these days. The top inner surface of a covered area or space. Tim climbed on to the garage roof. The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked.

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