overroof
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Example Sentences
- "Our contractor came to us fresh from putting an overroof (raised on 2 x 4 furring) on another old stone house. That house had had a standing-seam metal roof to which someone had stuck foam insulation; replacing the metal would have meant sacrificing the insulation."
- "For a square or two he ran swiftly; then he turned into a little all-night café and in the lavatory removed the evidences of his over-roof promenade from hands and clothes. When he emerged a few moments later it was to saunter slowly on toward his apartments."
Etymology
From over- + roof.
Word Breakdown
- Prefix: over
Usage
Inflected Forms
overroofs (plural)
over-roof (alternative)
overroofs (present, singular)
overroofing (participle, present)
overroofed (participle, past)
overroofed (past)
more overroof (comparative)
most overroof (superlative)