Housetop
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /ˈhaʊsˌtɒp/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Housetop is a noun meaning The roof of a house.
Meaning
The roof of a house.
Example Sentences
Up on the housetop, reindeer pause. / Out jumps good old Santa Claus.
26 Feare them not therefore: for there is nothing couered, that shall not be reueiled; and hidde, that shall not be knowen. 27 What I tell you in darkenesse, that speake yee in light: and what yee heare in the eare, that preach yee vpon the house tops.
Not only did the distance to the The Pure Drop, the fully-licensed tavern at the further part of the dispersed village, render its accommodation practically unavailable for dwellers at this end; but the far more serious question, the quality of the liquor, confirmed the prevalent opinion that it was better to drink with Rolliver in a corner of the housetop than with the other landlord in a wide house.
Word Forms
- housetops
- house top
- house-top
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include roof, rooftop, rooflet, hardtop, decktop, deckhouse.
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