rooftop
noun (a rooftop, rooftops); adjective (rooftop: a rooftop garden)
Everyday
A rooftop is the outside top surface of a roof. tree →
In the lessons
In stories characters chase across rooftops or look over a city from a rooftop. In geography and science: rooftop solar panels and rooftop gardens. In safety: never climb onto roofs — falls are dangerous. Phrases: on the rooftop, across the rooftops, rooftop garden, shout it from the rooftops (tell everyone).
Examples
- Pigeons sat on the rooftop. tree →
- The cat walked along the rooftops. tree →
- Our school has solar panels on the rooftop. tree →
- The city has a rooftop garden. tree →
- Snow covered the rooftops. tree →
- She was so happy she wanted to shout it from the rooftops. tree →
Note
One word. Countable. Close to «roof», but rooftop means the top outside surface, often seen from above.
On Mova
- Trees and pragmatics of «rooftop» in the school dictionary: every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- «rooftop» in the school dictionary on Mova free.
This page in Markdown → https://md.dictionary.elamur.ai/free/en/english/rooftop/