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roofed

adj · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Having a roof, or a particular kind of roof.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: unroofed

2

verb

Meaning 2

simple past and past participle of roof

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

covered with a roof; having a roof as specified (often used in combination)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • roofed picnic areas
  • a slate-roofed house
  • palmleaf-roofed huts

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: roofless

History

Etymology

From Middle English rofed derived from the noun, replaced earlier Old English hrēfed attested in unoferhrēfed (“unoverroofed”), equivalent to roof + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

11 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: مَسْقُوف (masqūf) — having a roof
  • Czech: zastřešený — having a roof
  • Finnish: katettu — having a roof
  • Finnish: -kattoinen — having a roof
  • German: bedacht — having a roof
  • German: überdacht — having a roof
  • Hungarian: fedett — having a roof
  • Polish: kryty — having a roof
  • Slovak: zastrešený — having a roof
  • Spanish: techado — having a roof
  • Spanish: a cielo cerrado — having a roof