black rat roof rat Rattus rattus | common household pest originally from Asia that has spread worldwide |
curb roof | a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge |
French roof | a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular |
gable roof saddle roof saddleback saddleback roof | a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end |
gambrel gambrel roof | a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper |
hip roof hipped roof | a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides |
hurricane deck hurricane roof promenade deck awning deck | a deck at the top of a passenger ship |
luggage rack roof rack | carrier for holding luggage above the seats of a train or on top of a car |
mansard mansard roof | a hip roof having two slopes on each side |
roof | a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building |
roof | protective covering on top of a motor vehicle |
roof garden | a garden on a flat roof of a building |
roof peak | the highest point of a roof |
slate | (formerly) a writing tablet made of slate |
slate pencil | a pencil of soft slate (or soapstone) used for writing on a slate |
slate roof | a roof covered with slate |
thatch thatched roof | a house roof made with a plant material (as straw) |
tile roof | a roof made of fired clay tiles |
palate roof of the mouth | the upper surface of the mouth that separates the oral and nasal cavities |
slate ticket | a list of candidates nominated by a political party to run for election to public offices |
ceiling roof cap | an upper limit on what is allowed, he put a ceiling on the number of women who worked for him, there was a roof on salaries, they established a cap for prices |
slate club | a group of people who save money in a common fund for a specific purpose (usually distributed at Christmas) |
roof | the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space, the roof of the cave was very high, I could see the roof of the bear's mouth |
Pluteus genus Pluteus roof mushroom | a large genus of fungi belonging to the family Pluteaceae, the shape of the cap resembles a roof, often abundant early in the summer |
fresh start clean slate tabula rasa | an opportunity to start over without prejudice |
slate | a fine-grained metamorphic rock that can be split into thin layers |
slate slating | thin layers of rock used for roofing |
slate | designate or schedule, He slated his talk for AM, She was slated to be his successor |
roof | provide a building with a roof, cover a building with a roof |
slate | cover with slate, slate the roof |
raise the roof | get very angry, He will raise the roof when he hears this |
e flip one's lid blow up throw a fit hit the roof hit the ceiling have kittens have a fit combust blow one's stack fly off the handle flip one's wig lose one's temper blow a fuse go ballistic | get very angry and fly into a rage, The professor combusted when the student didn't know the answer to a very elementary question, Spam makes me go ballistic |
slate | enter on a list or slate for an election, He was slated for borough president |
slate-black | of a black tinged with slate-grey |
slate-grey slate-gray slaty-grey slaty-gray slaty slatey stone-grey stone-gray | of the color of slate or granite, the slaty sky of dawn |