roof garden

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noun

a garden on the flat roof of a house or other building.

the top or top story of a building, having a garden, restaurant, or the like.

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Origin of roof garden

An Americanism dating back to 1890–95

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Example sentences from the Web for roof garden

Tend to your own garden, to quote the great sage of free speech, Voltaire, and invite people to follow your example.
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Which is why you should: “Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof.”
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But they had not quit and here they now were as the Emerald Society Pipes and Drums came into the Garden.
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No sign of any North Koreans, just lots of common, or garden, internet cybercriminals.
No, North Korea Didn’t Hack Sony|Marc Rogers|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST

We were on her roof talking and trying to come up with ideas, to think of alternatives to renting a studio.
#Setinthestreet: Your Street Corner Is Their Art Project|James Joiner|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It ended on a complaint that she was 'tired rather and spending my time at full length on a deck-chair in the garden.'
The Wave|Algernon Blackwood
The Pontellier and Ratignolle compartments adjoined one another under the same roof.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories|Kate Chopin
Even as they gazed they saw its roof caught up, and whirled off as if it had been a scroll of paper.
The Giant of the North|R.M. Ballantyne
Ten minutes later, veiled and cloaked, she stepped out alone into the garden.
Hilda Lessways|Arnold Bennett
It goes without saying that Ferns of all kinds are interesting plants to grow in the garden and house.
How to Know the Ferns|S. Leonard Bastin

British Dictionary definitions for roof garden

roof garden

noun

a garden on a flat roof of a building

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