#roof a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
supertype: #protective_cover__protective_covering__protection a covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury; "they had no protection from the fallout"; "wax provided protection for the floors"
part: #eaves #roof_peak
part of: #edifice
subtype: #curb_roof a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge
subtype: #mansard_roof__mansardroof__mansard a hip roof having two slopes on each side
subtype: #French_roof a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular
subtype: #dome a hemispherical roof
subtype: #astrodome a transparent dome on top of an airplane where the navigator can make celestial observations
subtype: #cupola a roof in the form of a dome
subtype: #geodesic_dome a lightweight dome constructed of interlocking polygons; invented by R. Buckminster Fuller
subtype: #onion_dome__oniondome a dome that is shaped like a bulb; characteristic of Russian and Byzantine church architecture
subtype: #pressure_dome a dome-shaped building that is pressurized
subtype: #whispering_gallery__whispering_dome a space beneath a dome or arch in which sounds produced at certain points are clearly audible at certain distant points
subtype: #gable_roof__gableroof__saddle_roof__saddleback__saddleback_roof a double sloping roof with a ridge and gables at each end
subtype: #gambrel_roof__gambrelroof a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper
subtype: #hip_roof__hiproof a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
subtype: #housetop the roof of a house; "shout it from the housetops"
subtype: #slate_roof__slateroof a roof covered with slate
subtype: #sunroof__sunshine-roof an automobile roof having a sliding or raisable panel: "`sunshine-roof' is a British term for `sunroof'"
subtype: #thatched_roof__thatch a house roof made with a plant material (as straw)
subtype: #tile_roof a roof made of fired clay tiles
subtype: #vault an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
subtype: #barrel_vault the simplest form of vault; a single continuous arch
subtype: #groined_vault__groinedvault two barrel vaults intersecting at right angles
subtype: #ribbed_vault vault that resembles a groined vault but has ribbed arches
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