shed roof

noun

a roof having a single slope.

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a granular metamorphic rock.
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Also called penthouse.

Origin of shed roof

First recorded in 1730–40

Words nearby shed roof

shed blood, shed dormer, shed hand, shed light on, shed out, shed roof, shed room, shed up, shedder, shedful, shedload
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Example sentences from the Web for shed roof

  • He slid down from the shed-roof before she had time to thank him, and ran off through the darkness.

    A Dog of Flanders|Louisa de la Ram, AKA uida

  • A shed-roof covered one side of the patio and under it were racks of equipment.

    Jimsy and the Monsters|Walt Sheldon

  • Every shed-roof is the edge of an oblique Niagara of snow; every angle the center of a whirlpool.

    Vandemark's Folly|Herbert Quick