- present participle of roof.
noun
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material used to construct a roof
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the act of constructing a roof
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of roofing
First recorded in 1400–50, roofing is from the late Middle English word rovyng. See roof, -ing 1
Example Sentences
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I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
There is also a nearly £1 million maintenance project to replace aging asphalt and cracked lead roofing at Buckingham Palace, including repairs to 14 chimney stacks.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Yet residents who have cautiously returned to Nabatieh have expressed dismay at the huge damage Israel inflicted on the city's neighbourhoods and its famed market, where the roofing had collapsed and shops were devastated.
From Barron's ● Jun. 15, 2026
At one Skanska project, shippers for roofing materials are charging a fuel surcharge of $600 per truck, Cantando said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 10, 2026
Shadow’s temples felt as if they had been reattached to the rest of his skull with roofing nails, and his vision was blurred.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
The Germans had repaired bomb damage with their usual nimbleness, had covered vital pipelines and machinery with massive roofings of concrete.
From Time Magazine Archive
Up 15% were sales of big makers of asphalt roofing, asbestos roofings and sidings, cement, gypsum products, insulating lines, other building materials.
From Time Magazine Archive
The emphasis in U. S. industry has shifted from production to distribution, and a distribution expert should be able to function with equal facility whether he is distributing Montgomery Ward merchandise or Johns-Manville roofings.
From Time Magazine Archive
Maybe you've overlooked the modern spread of respectability and corrugated roofings.
From Where the Pavement Ends by Russell, John
Manufacturers of patent roofings use photographs of roofs covered with their products; makers of steam-rollers want photographs of roads tamped by their machines; and so on and on and on.
From Making Your Camera Pay by Davis, Frederick C.
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