Overroof

Quick meaning: Overroof is a noun meaning A roof constructed above another roof.

Meaning

A roof constructed above another roof.

More Meanings

1. (transitive) To construct a roof above (an existing roof or structure).
2. (transitive, poetic) To cover like a roof.
3. Conducted over rooftops.

Example Sentences

For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments.

Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation.

Word Forms

• overroofs
• over-roof
• overroofing
• overroofed

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