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HIP ROOF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hip roof mean?
• HIP ROOF (noun)
The noun HIP ROOF has 1 sense:
1. a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
Familiarity information: HIP ROOF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
hip roof; hipped roof
Hypernyms ("hip roof" is a kind of...):
roof (a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building)
Meronyms (parts of "hip roof"):
hip ((architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof)
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