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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar
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roof

/ruːf/

US pronunciation
American sound/ruːf/
roof
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1 syllable
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Myanmar meaning

(n) ခေါင်မိုး

Full entry

roof /ru:f/ n (pl roofs )

ခေါင်မိုး။ အမိုး။
a flat/sloping/pitched roof ❍ a thatched/tiled/slate roof ❍ The roof is leaking again. ❍ fly above the roofs of the city ❍ the roof of one's mouth ❍ The roof of the tunnel caved in, killing twelve miners. See also SUN-ROOF ❍ CAR, HOUSE n
v ~ sth (over/in); ~ sth (with sth) အမိုးမိုးသည်။ a garage roofed with tiles ❍ a plan to roof in the stadium.
❏ go through the roof [IDM ] (infml )
၁။ ယမ်းပုံမီးကျ ဖြစ်သွားသည်။ ဒေါသပေါက်ကွဲသည်။ She went through the roof when I told her I'd crashed her car.
၂။ (ဈေးနှုန်း) ခေါင်ခိုက်ရုံမက ထိုးတက်သွားသည်။ Property prices have gone through the roof.
❏ have a roof over one's head [IDM ] နေအိမ် ခေါ်စရာ ရှိသည်။ The house is very small but at least we've got a roof over our heads.
❏ -roofed (forming compound adjs ) … အမိုးမိုး ထားသော။ red-roofed cottages.
❏ roofing n [U]
၁။ အမိုးမိုးရသောပစ္စည်း။ roofing tiles/slates/felt.
၂။ အမိုးမိုးခြင်းလုပ်ငန်း။ a roofing contractor.
❏ roof-garden n အမိုးပေါ်ဥယျာဉ်။
❏ roof-rack n ယာဉ်အမိုးတွင် တပ်ထားသော ပစ္စည်းတင်စင်။ ❍ car, rack1
❏ under one/the same roof [IDM ] တစ်အိမ်တည်း။ Although divorced, they continued to live under the same roof.
❏ under one's roof [IDM ] မိမိအိမ်ရိပ်အောက်။
I won't have that man under my roof again.

More examples
  • The roof is leaking again.
  • A thatched roof (=made of straw)
  • Rain pattered on the roof of the tent.
  • One man had climbed onto the roof of his car.
  • Rock formations on the roof of the cave
Synonyms
top, crown, covering, cover, building covering, bulwarked, canopy, ceiling, chambered, chambering, cover all bases, cover up, covered up, covering up, crested, cresting, cupola, dome, gable, gambrel, give cover, give shelter, house, in the sky, on high, overhead, palate, parapet, piggyback, rafter, ridge, roofed, roofer, roofing, rooftop, shelter, shield, shotgun, skyward, slate, slates, spread over, summit, super-imposed, take care of, take under one's wing, take under wing, tiles, truss, ward off, watch over, watched over, watching over
Antonyms
bottom
Cross references
topcrowncoveringcoverbuilding coveringbulwarkedcanopyceilingchamberedchamberingcover all basescover upcovered upcovering upcrestedcrestingcupoladomegablegambrelgive covergive shelterhousein the skyon highoverheadpalateparapet
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