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roof·ing

(ro͞o′fĭng, ro͝of′ĭng)

1. Materials used in building a roof.

2. A roof.

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

roofing

(ˈruːfɪŋ)

1. (Building) material used to construct a roof

2. (Building) the act of constructing a roof

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

roof•ing

(ˈru fɪŋ, ˈrʊf ɪŋ)

n.

1. the act of covering with a roof.

2. material for roofs.

3. a roof.

[1400–50]

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Noun	1.	roofing - material used to construct a roof material - things needed for doing or making something; "writing materials"; "useful teaching materials"
	2.	roofing - the craft of a roofer craft, trade - the skilled practice of a practical occupation; "he learned his trade as an apprentice" building, construction - the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones; "their main business is home construction"; "workers in the building trades" slating - the act of laying slates for a roof

Translations

couverture

roofing

[ˈruːfɪŋ]

A. N (= roof) → techumbre f; (= roofing material) → material m para techado

B. CPD roofing felt N → fieltro m para techar

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

roofing

n → Material nt → zum Dachdecken; (= action) → Dachdecken nt; roofing felt (Brit) or paper → Dachpappe f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

roofing

[ˈruːfɪŋ] n → materiale m per copertura

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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The tower has never, to appearance, had roofing of any sort; a fire was made in the centre of the space which it encloses, and originally the building was probably little more than a wall drawn as a sort of screen around the great council fire of the tribe.

The builders had attained the art of using cement, and of roofing a building, great improvements on the original Burgh.

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