roofing

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roofing¹

noun roofings

  1. countable, uncountable Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.
  2. countable, uncountable The process of constructing a roof or roofs.
  3. countable, uncountable A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.

roofing²

verb

  1. gerund, participle, present present participle and gerund of roof

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Closest in meaning: rooftop, ceiling, coating, lining, cover, covers, blanket, slate, surface, hedge, coverage, couverture, hedging, sukkah, slates, coatings

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noun material used on the outside of a roof

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Русскийкро́вля króvlja

noun a way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers

Русскийру́финг rúfing, ру́ферство rúferstvo

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@misc{roofing_2026,
  title = {roofing},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/roofing},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}