roof: Meaning and Definition of

roof

1. the external upper covering of a house or other building.
2. a frame for supporting this: an open-timbered roof.
3. the highest part or summit: The Himalayas are the roof of the world.
4. something that in form or position resembles the roof of a house, as the top of a car, the upper part of the mouth, etc.
5. a house.
6. the rock immediately above a horizontal mineral deposit.
7. Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.
1. to increase beyond all expectations:Foreign travel may very well go through the roof next year.
2. Also,hit the roof,Informal.to lose one's temper; become extremely angry.
8. The applause raised the roof.
1. to create a loud noise:The applause raised the roof.
2. to complain or protest noisily:He'll raise the roof when he sees that bill.

1. to provide or cover with a roof.