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roofless

adj · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Without a roof, open to the sky.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Having no house or home; unsheltered.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: homeless, houseless

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

not having a roof

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the hurricane left hundreds of house roofless

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: roofed

4

adjective satellite

Meaning 4

physically or spiritually homeless or deprived of security- James Stern

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • made a living out of shepherding dispossed people from one country to another

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: dispossessed, homeless

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *lewh1- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roofless From roof + -less.

Across languages

Translations

6 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: katoton — without a roof
  • Ancient Greek: ἄστεγος (ástegos) — without a roof
  • Bulgarian: бездомен (bezdomen) — having no house or home
  • Catalan: sensesostre — having no house or home
  • Finnish: asunnoton — having no house or home
  • Ancient Greek: ἄστεγος (ástegos) — having no house or home