/ruːf/ (plural roofs) Idioms. enlarge image. the structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle.

The standard plural form in BrE is roofs, but there is an occasional, and recognized, minority form rooves, which will disturb many people.

, /rʊf/ (pl. roofs) enlarge image. the structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle a flat/sloping roof a thatched/slate, etc.

Definition of roof verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and ...

18 февр. 2011 г. · Rooves as a plural for of roof is dated, but not incorrect. The Oxford English Dictionary lists “rooves” as an alternate to roofs, one of ...

27 авг. 2020 г. · Their standard guidance was that a noun ending in f is made plural by changing it to v and adding es. Thus roof becomes rooves. But modern ...

25 окт. 2009 г. · ROOVES: The plural of roof for people old enough to read the Oxford Dictionary of the English Language, in fact old enough to know that the real ...

roof in British English (ruːf ) nounWord forms: plural roofs (ruːfs , ruːvz ) 1. a.

roof ; present simple I / you / we / they roof ; he / she / it roofs ; past simple roofed ; -ing form roofing.