peaked roof
English
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A building with a peaked roof in the sense of rising to form a ridge
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A tower with a pyramidal peaked roof. The view includes a range of other, less conspicuous peaked roof shapes.
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Thatch, as a medium, is suited to the construction of conical peaked roofs, as in rondavels
Noun
peaked roof (plural peaked roofs or peaked rooves)
- In the building trade, generally denotes a roof with two pitches rising to form a ridge, typically a gable roof
- More generally, any roof rising to a point, or peak, typically either conical or with its pitches forming a pyramidal top