Roof

Roof

A roof is the covering on the uppermost part of a building. A roof protects the building and its contents from the effects of weather and the invasion of animals. Structures that require roofs range from a letter box to a cathedral or stadium, dwellings being the most numerous.

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Famous quotes containing the word roof:

    “Come into animal presence.
    No man is so guileless as
    the serpent. The lonely white
    rabbit on the roof is a star
    twitching its ears at the rain.”
    —Denise Levertov (b. 1923)

    “A shudder in the loins engenders there
    The broken wall, the burning roof and tower”
    —William Butler Yeats (1865–1939)

    “Nor does the man sitting by the hearth beneath his roof better escape his fated doom.”
    —Aeschylus (525–456 B.C.)