ROOFTREES Synonyms

• a beam made usually of steel; a main support in a structure

• material used to construct a roof

• the craft of a roofer

• the wood of trees cut and prepared for use as building material

• a beam made of wood

• a post made of wood

• land that is covered with trees and shrubs

• (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound)

• a signal transmitted along a narrow path; guides airplane pilots in darkness or bad weather

• long thick piece of wood or metal or concrete, etc., used in construction

• a group of nearly parallel lines of electromagnetic radiation

• a column of light (as from a beacon)

• (nautical) breadth amidships

• the broad side of a ship

• a gymnastic apparatus used by women gymnasts

• smile radiantly; express joy through one's facial expression

• emit light; be bright, as of the sun or a light

• express with a beaming face or smile

• broadcast over the airwaves, as in radio or television

• have a complexion with a strong bright color, such as red or pink

• experience a feeling of well-being or happiness, as from good health or an intense emotion

• beam used to support floors or roofs

• horizontal beam used as a finishing piece over a door or window

• one of several parallel sloping beams that support a roof

• someone who travels by raft

• provide (a ceiling) with rafters

• any of various nonmetallic minerals (calcite or feldspar) that are light in color and transparent or translucent and cleavable

• a stout rounded pole of wood or metal used to support rigging

• making the motions of attack and defense with the fists and arms; a part of training for a boxer

• furnish with spars

• fight with spurs

• box lightly

• fight verbally

• (medicine) a bandage consisting of a pad and belt; worn to hold a hernia in place by pressure

• a framework of beams (rafters, posts, struts) forming a rigid structure that supports a roof or bridge or other structure

• (architecture) a triangular bracket of brick or stone (usually of slight extent)

• tie the wings and legs of a bird before cooking it

• secure with or as if with ropes

• support structurally

• a long narrow natural elevation or striation

• any long raised strip

• a long narrow natural elevation on the floor of the ocean

• a long narrow range of hills

• any long raised border or margin of a bone or tooth or membrane

• a beam laid along the edge where two sloping sides of a roof meet at the top; provides an attachment for the upper ends of rafters

• extend in ridges

• plough alternate strips by throwing the furrow onto an unploughed strip

• throw soil toward (a crop row) from both sides

• spade into alternate ridges and troughs

• form into a ridge