roof
noun
the external upper covering of a house or other building.
roofed
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past participleof roof.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof roof.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
roofnounthe external upper covering of a house or other building.
Example Sentences
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“Gambrel roofed Barnhaus,” the listing read, “next door to the best burritos in town.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 21, 2026
Only decades ago many of the cottages in Scotland’s Highlands were roofed in heather, bracken and marram grass.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 14, 2025
She streaked down the left side and roofed the puck over Campbell’s left shoulder.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 1, 2024
Archaeologists have unearthed the remains of a roofed theatre, market and river port at the site of a Roman town.
From BBC ● Dec. 12, 2023
Dug deep into the coral ten yards back from the beach, roofed with coconut palm logs and concealed under a thatch of leaves, 300 Japanese had waited out the storm.
From "Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two" by Joseph Bruchac
