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单词 hip roof
释义

hip roof


noun Architecture.

a roof with sloping ends and sides; a hipped roof.

Origin of hip roof

First recorded in 1720–30

OTHER WORDS FROM hip roof

hip-roofed, adjective

Words nearby hip roof

Hippo Regius, Hippo Zarytus, hippuric acid, hippus, hippy, hip roof, hipshot, hipster, hipsterism, hipsters, hirable
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Example sentences from the Web for hip roof

  • The long axis of the hip-roof crystal is often so shortened that it resembles the envelop crystal of calcium oxalate.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
  • The house is to be two stories high, with a hip-roof: the first ten, the second nine feet high.

    The Life of the Rev. George Whitefield, Volume I (of 2)|Luke Tyerman
  • Most typical are the well-known "coffin-lid" and "hip-roof" forms.

    A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
  • This has a hip-roof, which is the only essential difference between it and the types already shown.

    Woodworking for Beginners|Charles Gardner Wheeler

British Dictionary definitions for hip roof

hip roof

noun

a roof having sloping ends and sides
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