{
    "term": "roof",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a2",
    "image": "data/images/ho/house_1.png",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the structure that covers or forms the top of a building or vehicle",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a flat/sloping/pitched roof"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a tin/slate/tiled/thatched roof"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The corner of the classroom was damp where the roof had leaked."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tim climbed on to the garage roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof of the car was not damaged in the accident."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Offices on the upper floors have access to a roof terrace."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We stepped out onto the roof of the building."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have solar panels on my roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Five people were killed when the roof fell in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The burglars removed tiles to climb into the roof space."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof is supported by stone columns."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof slopes down to the top of the windows."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roof was covered with red clay tiles."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There are small windows in the roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's a cat on the roof."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Houses and homes", "Transport by car or lorry", "Buildings"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["conical", "flat", "gabled"],
                "verb + roof": ["support", "cover"],
                "roof + verb": ["slope", "cave in", "collapse"],
                "roof + noun": ["space", "covering", "slate"],
                "preposition": ["in a/​the roof", "on a/​the roof", "under your roof"],
                "phrases": ["under one roof", "under the same roof"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "having the type of roof mentioned",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "flat-roofed buildings"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the top of an underground space such as a tunnel or cave",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The roof of the tunnel was starting to collapse."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cave had a very low roof."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the top of the inside of your mouth",
            "sensetop": "roof of your mouth",
            "cefr": "c1",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Body"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "to rise or increase very quickly",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "House prices here have gone through the roof."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "to become very angry",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["Feelings"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have somewhere to live",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Thanks to Bob’s generosity, I still have a roof over my head."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "very nervous",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was like a cat on a hot tin roof before her driving test."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to produce or make somebody produce a lot of noise in a building, for example by shouting or cheering",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Their cheers raised the roof."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in the same building or house",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "There are various stores and restaurants all under one roof."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I don't think I can live under the same roof as you any longer."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're good friends but we could never live under the same roof."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "in your home",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I don't want her under my roof again."
                }
            ]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːf/",
                "audio": "ro/roof/roof__gb_3.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ruːf/",
                "audio": "ro/roof/roof__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old English hrōf, of Germanic origin; related to Old Norse hróf ‘boat shed’, Dutch roef ‘deckhouse’. English alone has the general sense ‘covering of a house’; other Germanic languages use forms related to thatch."
}