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hip roof

noun

, Architecture.
  1. a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.


hip roof

noun

  1. a roof having sloping ends and sides
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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.

The hip roof of the building is crowned by a monitor top, which admits light into the art room below.

One may surmise that there was a hip roof, with a chimney rising through each hip.

It was low, with a plain hip-roof covered with ancient red tiles, many of which were missing.

I feel like I've been straddlin' a hip roof durin' an earthquake.

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