roofing
noun
the act of covering with a roof.
roofings
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pluralof roofing.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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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
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
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
When the mine is abandoned and closed these pillars and roofings remain untouched, because removing them constitutes one of the greatest dangers to life, and is one of the frequent causes of mine accidents.
From Checking the Waste A Study in Conservation by Mary Huston Gregory
