- 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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Inside, pieces of metal roofing, concrete and broken glass litter the floor.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 4, 2026
But the report also identified improperly roofing defects, low water pressure and what inspectors described as "exceptionally poor" installation of the gas meter cabinet and gas pipe.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
Terry Heller, the owner of Southern California roofing company Preferred Roofing, recommends scheduling an inspection if your home has had previous issues with leaks or if the roof is more than 12 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
I then obtained estimates from three roofing companies.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Over the years he’d learned every trade he could get close to—fishing, ship rigging, painting, framing, masonry, plumbing, roofing, tile work, even auto repair.
From "Zeitoun" by Dave Eggers
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
Everything useful or portable, everything that spoke of man's occupation, everything that suggested life and comfort—the porcelain tiles, woodwork, window-panes, roofings, mosaic or marble floors, leaden pipes—all this had been carried away long ago.
From South Wind by Norman Douglas
Maybe you've overlooked the modern spread of respectability and corrugated roofings.
From Where the Pavement Ends by John Russell
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