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Roof (other)
A roof is the cover at the top of a building. Roof may also refer to: People * Dylann Roof (born 1994), American perpetrator of a 2015 mass shooting * Gene Roof (born 1958), American baseball outfielder and manager * Kemar Roofe (born 1993), English footballer * Phil Roof (born 1941), American baseball catcher, coach, and manager * Ted Roof (born 1963), American football player and coach Other uses * Roof (rock formation), a rock overhang that reach, or nearly reach, the horizontal * Roof (Chinese constellation), one of the 28 mansions of the Chinese constellations * Roof (category theory), a generalization of the notion of relation between two objects of a category * Automobile roof, the top covering of a vehicle * "Roof", a song by DaBaby from ''Back on My Baby Jesus Sh!t Again'' (2021) See also * The Roof (other) * Rooftop (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roof
A roof ( : roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the building or on uprights, providing protection against rain, snow, sunlight, extremes of temperature, and wind. A roof is part of the building envelope. The characteristics of a roof are dependent upon the purpose of the building that it covers, the available roofing materials and the local traditions of construction and wider concepts of architectural design and practice, and may also be governed by local or national legislation. In most countries, a roof protects primarily against rain. A verandah may be roofed with material that protects against sunlight but admits the other elements. The roof of a garden conservatory protects plants from cold, wind, and rain, but admits light. A roof may also provide additional living space, for example, a roof garden. Etymology Old English 'roof, ceiling, top, summit; heaven, sky', also f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
