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hip roof
noun
, Architecture.
- a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.
hip roof
noun
- a roof having sloping ends and sides
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Other Words From
- hip-roofed adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of hip roof1
First recorded in 1720–30
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Example Sentences
The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.
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The hip roof of the building is crowned by a monitor top, which admits light into the art room below.
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One may surmise that there was a hip roof, with a chimney rising through each hip.
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It was low, with a plain hip-roof covered with ancient red tiles, many of which were missing.
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I feel like I've been straddlin' a hip roof durin' an earthquake.
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