MANSARD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does mansard mean? 

• MANSARD (noun)
  The noun MANSARD has 1 sense:

1. a hip roof having two slopes on each side

  Familiarity information: MANSARD used as a noun is very rare.

• MANSARD (adjective)
  The adjective MANSARD has 1 sense:

1. (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper

  Familiarity information: MANSARD used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANSARD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A hip roof having two slopes on each side

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

mansard; mansard roof

Hypernyms ("mansard" is a kind of...):

curb roof (a roof with two or more slopes on each side of the ridge)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "mansard"):

French roof (a mansard roof with sides that are nearly perpendicular)

Derivation:

mansard ((of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper)

• MANSARD (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper

Context example:

the story formed by a mansard roof is usually called the garret

Similar:

hipped ((of a roof) sloping on all sides)

Derivation:

mansard (a hip roof having two slopes on each side)