rooftop

Etymology

roof + top

noun

  1. (somewhat formal) The area atop a roof.
    Why do you think the rooftop of their apartment building is called "tar beach"? (Answers may vary.) 1993, Liz Rothlein, Multicultural Books for Primary Grades
    Riding the District west of Hammersmith, you immediately know something exciting is coming up, because at Ravenscourt Park you are level with the rooftops. 2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, pages 79–80
  2. The top layer of a roof; the material covering or composing a roof.
    The house itself was a mound of red baked bricks and a tin rooftop. 2012, Ernest Alanki, The Chocolate Shop Perverts

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