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HIPPED ROOF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does hipped roof mean?
• HIPPED ROOF (noun)
The noun HIPPED ROOF has 1 sense:
1. a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
Familiarity information: HIPPED 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 ("hipped roof" is a kind of...):
roof (a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building)
Meronyms (parts of "hipped 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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