Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

peaked roof

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.46 in modern English

Syllables: peaked roof
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

1

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.

noun

More generally, any roof rising to either a ridge or a point, typically either conical, polygonal, or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top.

Inflected Forms

peaked roofs (plural) peaked rooves (plural)

Questions

What does peaked roof mean?: Any roof with at least two pitches rising to form a peak, said peak in the form either of a ridge or a point. Types of pitched roof include: the open gable roof, box gable roof, Dutch gable roof, hip roof, jerkinhead roof, gambrel roof, mansard roof, saltbox roof, pyramid hip roof or any other polygonal hip roof; but do not include the shed roof, or the butterfly roof.

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