roof tree

noun

The ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.

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Meanings

nounroof tree (plural roof trees)

plural roof trees · alternative rooftree · alternative roof-tree

  1. archaicThe ridgepole of a peaked roof, especially that of a house.
  2. figurativelyBy extension: a peaked roof, especially of a house; by further extension: a house, a dwelling structure, a building used as a home.

    Everyone is supposed to know what a mortgage is. With most the experience is personal; in the course of a generation few roof trees avoid this affliction.

    MORTGAGES-THE GENESIS OF THE LIEN THEORY, BY William H. Lloyd; Yale Law Journal, Volume 32, Article 3

Origin

From roof + tree.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with roof tree

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Cite this entry
APA

roof tree. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tree

MLA

“roof tree.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tree. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “roof tree,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/roof%20tree.

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