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Collocations for roof - noun

ADJECTIVE

conical, flat, gabled, mansard, pitched, pointed, sloped (esp. AmE), sloping, steep
corrugated-iron (esp. BrE), corrugated-metal (AmE), glass, metal, slate, steel, thatched, tiled, tin
leaky
retractable, sun
car, church, etc.

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VERB + roof

support
The roof is supported by stone columns.
cover
The roof was covered with red clay tiles.

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roof + VERB

slope
The roof slopes down to the top of the windows.
cave in, collapse, fall in
Five people were killed when the roof fell in.
leak

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roof + NOUN

space (esp. BrE)
The burglars removed tiles to climb into the roof space.
covering, slate (esp. BrE), tile
beams, rafters, structure, timbers (esp. BrE)
top (usually rooftop)
A figure appeared on a nearby rooftop.
insulation
deck (esp. AmE), garden, terrace
The hotel has a charming roof garden.
rack

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PREPOSITION

in a/the roof
There are small windows in the roof.
on a/the roof
There's a cat on the roof.
under your roof (= in your house)
I won't have that man under my roof again!

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PHRASES

under one roof, under the same roof (= in the same building)
We're good friends but we could never live under the same roof.

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