gable roof

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gable roof

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Compound of gable + roof.

noun gable roofs

A single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends. A gable roof is the basic design for residential roof construction. It can be made with trusses or traditional rafters. Even though building a gable roof is a lot of work, its design is the essence of simplicity: Two flat planes are joined together to form a simple peaked structure.

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noun single-ridge roof that terminates at gable ends

Español	techo a dos aguas
中文	山牆頂 /山墙顶
Deutsch	Satteldach

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@misc{gable_roof_2026,
  title = {gable roof},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gable%20roof},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}