green roof

noun

1. a roof covered with vegetation, designed for its aesthetic value and to optimize energy conservation

Example Sentences

On nights when, through the crevices of the green roof, there are stars hung in the sky, the weight lifts.

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Through the silent forest, under the green roof of the pines, across a frozen brook, Walter vigorously pushed.

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What was once a thick green roof is now thin and yellow, and under our feet is a yielding carpet of soft brown and orange leaves.

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The green roof which I had painted glistened in the sun, and we could see it for a long time.

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Over the way, behind the green roof of a large building, the dim, cold dawn was beginning to blush red.

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