rooftop

See also: Rooftop

English

Etymology

roof +‎ top

Noun

rooftop (plural rooftops)

A panoramic view from the Château d'Annecy of the rooftops of buildings in Annecy, France

(somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
- Liz Rothlein, Multicultural Books for Primary Grades
  Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.)
The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
- Ernest Alanki, The Chocolate Shop Perverts
  The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop.

Hypernyms

roof

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

top surface of a roof

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: ulkokatto (fi), vesikatto (fi)
German: Hausdach (de) n

Japanese: 屋上 (ja) (okujō)
Spanish: tejado (es) m
Vietnamese: nóc (vi)

Derived terms

shout from the rooftops
rooftop of the world, an epithet of Tibet

Adjective

rooftop (not comparable)

Atop a roof; on a roof.
- Lonely Planet: Thailand's Islands and Beaches
  In recent years, we've seen Bangkok become the unofficial rooftop bar capital of the world.

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