shed roof

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noun

a roof having a single slope.

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TAKE JOY IN ACING THIS QUIZ ON “PRIDE” SYNONYMS

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What does "dignity" mean?

Also called penthouse.

Origin of shed roof

First recorded in 1730–40

“I sense that mobile games are starting to shed their skin, getting rid of all the dead things they carry around,” he says.
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Which is why you should: “Clap along, if you feel like a room without a roof.”
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When I first arrived at Duke, hooking up with a stranger seemed like a way to shed my inhibitions.
Random Hook-Ups or Dry Spells: Why Millennials Flunk College Dating|Ellie Schaack|January 1, 2015|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

The two once lived together under the same roof, after Brooke asked Fenner to live with them.
Beaten By His Church for Being Gay|Justin Jones|December 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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
First the chimneys sank down through the roof, as if they were being lowered into the cellar.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl
The tower has four clock faces, pinnacles at the angles, and a steep slate roof and is 120 feet high.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham|Thomas T. Harman and Walter Showell
Then the roof itself, with its gables and dormer windows, softly folded itself flat down upon the top of the house, out of sight.
Davy and The Goblin|Charles E. Carryl