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Asphaltum
noun · 78% connection
A composition of bitumen, pitch, lime, and gravel, used for forming pavements, and as a water-proof cement for bridges, roofs, etc.; a…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Brettice
noun · 78% connection
The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and walls of coal mines. See Brattice.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Clerestory
noun · 78% connection
The upper story of the nave of a church, containing windows, and rising above the aisle roofs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Fan palm
unknown · 78% connection
Any palm tree having fan-shaped or radiate leaves; as the Chamaerops humilis of Southern Europe; the species of Sabal and Thrinax in t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Flashing
noun · 78% connection
Pieces of metal, built into the joints of a wall, so as to lap over the edge of the gutters or to cover the edge of the roofing; also,…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Gothic
adjective · 78% connection
Of or pertaining to a style of architecture with pointed arches, steep roofs, windows large in proportion to the wall spaces, and, gen…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Houseleek
noun · 78% connection
A succulent plant of the genus Sempervivum (S. tectorum), originally a native of subalpine Europe, but now found very generally on old…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Joist
noun · 78% connection
beam used to support floors or roofs
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Kingtruss
unknown · 78% connection
A truss, framed with a king-post; -- used in roofs, bridges, etc.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Lead
noun · 78% connection
Sheets or plates of lead used as a covering for roofs; hence, pl., a roof covered with lead sheets or terne plates.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Pendant
noun · 78% connection
A hanging ornament on roofs, ceilings, etc., much used in the later styles of Gothic architecture, where it is of stone, and an import…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Principal
noun · 78% connection
The construction which gives shape and strength to a roof, -- generally a truss of timber or iron, but there are roofs with stone prin…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Roofer
noun · 78% connection
One who puts on roofs.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Shingle
noun · 78% connection
A piece of wood sawed or rived thin and small, with one end thinner than the other, -- used in covering buildings, especially roofs, t…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Thatch
noun · 78% connection
Straw, rushes, or the like, used for making or covering the roofs of buildings, or of stacks of hay or grain.
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Tile
noun · 78% connection
A plate, or thin piece, of baked clay, used for covering the roofs of buildings, for floors, for drains, and often for ornamental mant…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Truss
noun · 78% connection
An assemblage of members of wood or metal, supported at two points, and arranged to transmit pressure vertically to those points, with…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
Upher
noun · 78% connection
A fir pole of from four to seven inches diameter, and twenty to forty feet long, sometimes roughly hewn, used for scaffoldings, and so…
Its definition shares important concepts with this word: roofs.
