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    A roof (pl.: roofs or rooves) is the top covering of a building, including all materials and constructions necessary to support it on the walls of the...
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    A hip roof, hip-roof or hipped roof, is a type of roof where all sides slope downwards to the walls, usually with a fairly gentle slope (although a tented...
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  • Fiddler on the Roof is a musical with music by Jerry Bock, lyrics by Sheldon Harnick, and book by Joseph Stein, set in the Pale of Settlement of Imperial...
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    Palate (redirect from Roof of the mouth)
    The palate (/ˈpælɪt/) is the roof of the mouth in humans and other mammals. It separates the oral cavity from the nasal cavity. A similar structure is...
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  • Music/Maxi-Singles Sales chart. It is known for its chorus: The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire! We don't need no water—Let the motherfucker burn! Burn...
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    A mansard or mansard roof (also called French roof or curb roof) is a multi-sided gambrel-style hip roof characterised by two slopes on each of its sides...
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    roofer, roof mechanic, or roofing contractor is a tradesperson who specializes in roof construction. Roofers replace, repair, and install the roofs of...
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    A shed roof, also known variously as a pent roof, lean-to roof, outshot, catslide, skillion roof (in Australia and New Zealand), and, rarely, a mono-pitched...
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  • Roof knocking (Hebrew: הקש בגג) or "knock on the roof" is a term used by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) to describe its practice of dropping non-explosive...
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    A metal roof is a roofing system featuring metal pieces or tiles exhibiting corrosion resistance, impermeability to water, and long life. It is a component...
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    A gable roof is a roof consisting of two sections whose upper horizontal edges meet to form its ridge. The most common roof shape in cold or temperate...
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    automobile roofs used similar materials and designs. In later years, many variations on the automobile roof developed. These include: Convertible roofs Roof modules...
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  • Dylann Storm Roof (born April 3, 1994) is an American white supremacist, Neo-Nazi, and mass murderer who is currently serving time on death row at USP...
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  • Up on the Roof may refer to: "Up on the Roof" (song), a song written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, notably recorded by The Drifters and James Taylor...
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  • The Roof may refer to: The Roof (band), an American rock band from Pittsburgh, PA "The Roof (Back in Time)", a song by Mariah Carey The Roof (1956 film)...
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    roof is a roof which is almost level in contrast to the many types of sloped roofs. The slope of a roof is properly known as its pitch and flat roofs...
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    Gable (redirect from Gable-roof)
    generally triangular portion of a wall between the edges of intersecting roof pitches. The shape of the gable and how it is detailed depends on the structural...
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    A green roof or living roof is a roof of a building that is partially or completely covered with vegetation and a growing medium, planted over a waterproofing...
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    The Roof of the World or Top of the World is a metaphoric epithet or phrase used to describe the highest region in the world, also known as High Asia....
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    Slate (redirect from Slated roof)
    Slate is frequently grey in color, especially when seen en masse covering roofs. However, slate occurs in a variety of colors even from a single locality;...
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    Roof pitch is the steepness of a roof expressed as a ratio of inch(es) rise per horizontal foot (or their metric equivalent), or as the angle in degrees...
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    Domestic roof construction is the framing and roof covering which is found on most detached houses in cold and temperate climates. Such roofs are built...
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  • Michael Roof (November 24, 1976 – June 9, 2009) was an American actor and comedian. Roof was born on November 24, 1976, at a U.S. Air Force hospital at...
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    A roof rack is a set of bars secured to the roof of an automobile. It is used to carry bulky items such as luggage, bicycles, canoes, kayaks, skis, or...
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    keystones at the intersections of a rib vault. In Gothic architecture, such roof bosses (or ceiling bosses) are often intricately carved with foliage, heraldic...
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    Karlsson-on-the-Roof (Swedish: Karlsson på taket) is a character who figures in a series of children's books by the Swedish author Astrid Lindgren. Lindgren...
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    In structural geology, a roof pendant, also known as a pendant, is a mass of country rock that projects downward into and is entirely surrounded by an...
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    roof is a roof system designed to roll back the roof of a structure so that the interior of the facility is open to the outdoors. Retractable roofs are...
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    Sunroof (redirect from Sun roof)
    sunroof is a movable panel that opens to uncover a window in an automobile roof, allowing light and fresh air to enter the passenger compartment. Sunroofs...
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    A roof garden is a garden on the roof of a building. Besides the decorative benefit, roof plantings may provide food, temperature control, hydrological...
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