Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

roof over one's head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.14 in modern English

Syllables: roof over one's -head
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A place to live or reside; shelter.

Example Sentences

"When you were in trouble, he gave you a roof over your head."
"The persons who stood to lose their homes and who faced the prospect of losing the rooves over their heads were the whole Hilton family, all three generations of them - the occupants of both houses, both the bungalow and the big brick house."
"[A]ll profits and commissions that derive from the provision of housing are added into the prices people pay to put rooves over their heads."
"Those lucky enough to have rooves over their heads did their bst to ignore the cries, turning a deaf ear to their brothers’ misfortune."

Inflected Forms

roofs over one's head (plural) rooves over one's head (plural) roof over the head (alternative)

Questions

What does roof over one's head mean?: A place to live or reside; shelter.

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