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adv
Toward the roof.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *wert-der. Proto-Germanic *wardaz Old English -weard English -ward English roofward From roof + -ward.
