| Roofing 1. (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Roof. 2. (n.) The act of covering with a roof. 3. (n.) The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a roof. 4. (n.) Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. 5. (n.) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the top of an underground passage. Thesaurus Entries adobe, ashlar, brick, bricks and mortar, ceiling, cement, clinker, concrete, covering materials, eaves, ferroconcrete, firebrick, flag, flagstone, flooring, housetop, lantern, lath and plaster, masonry, mortar, overhead, pavement, paving, paving material, penthouse, plafond, plasters, prestressed concrete, ridgepole, roof, roof garden, roof-deck, roofage, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, shingles, siding, skylight, slates, stone, tile, tiles, tiling, top, walling |