Rooftop Meaning
/ˈɹuːfˌtɒp/Definition, CEFR level B2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounThe area atop a roof.
nounThe top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
Sentence Examples
The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.
There's a great view from the rooftop of that building. Want to go see?
CEFR Practice Quiz
From the ____ of the building, we could see the entire city skyline.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The restaurant had a stunning ____ terrace with panoramic views across the entire city.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English roof English top English rooftop From roof + top.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"In love, however, women are brave. How many clamber over rooftops of houses and palaces, and are still doing it, when their lovers await them!"
— 1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 47:
"Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)"
— 1993, Liz Rothlein, Multicultural Books for Primary Grades:
"Riding the District west of Hammersmith, you immediately know something exciting is coming up, because at Ravenscourt Park you are level with the rooftops."
— 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, pages 79–80:
"Its old town rises out of the Aegean Sea towards a clifftop Venetian castle in a jumble of white-washed narrow streets, flat rooftops and balconies that provide a perfect, obstacle-filled arena for parkour."
— 2022 June 16, Issy Ronald, “Meet the parkour athletes defying fear and gravity at Red Bull Art of Motion”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2022:
"The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop."
— 2012, Ernest Alanki, The Chocolate Shop Perverts:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
From the ____ of the building, we could see the entire city skyline.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The restaurant had a stunning ____ terrace with panoramic views across the entire city.