"roofing" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: roofings [plural]
Etymology: From roof + -ing (“material, collection”). Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|roof|ing|t2=material, collection}} roof + -ing (“material, collection”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)
  1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (material used on the outside of a roof): ᎦᎵᏦᏛᏙᏗ (galitsodvdodi) (Cherokee), tagdækning [common-gender] (Danish), beklædning [common-gender] (Danish), tagbelægning [common-gender] (Danish), Bedachungsmaterial [neuter] (German), tetőfedő anyag (Hungarian), kšyśe [neuter] (Lower Sorbian), кро́вля (króvlja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-roofing-en-noun-QvZx7CBm Disambiguation of 'material used on the outside of a roof': 94 4 2
  2. The process of constructing a roof or roofs. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (the process of constructing a roof or roofs): tagdækning [common-gender] (Danish), beklædning [common-gender] (Danish), tagbelægning [common-gender] (Danish), tetőfedés (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-roofing-en-noun-wMOMZTaC Disambiguation of 'the process of constructing a roof or roofs': 4 93 3
  3. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (a way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers): ру́финг (rúfing) [masculine] (Russian), ру́ферство (rúferstvo) [neuter] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-roofing-en-noun-~hOaw1Hw Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ing, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Cherokee translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Lower Sorbian translations, Terms with Russian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 14 3 78 5 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ing: 27 10 62 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 11 11 78 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 9 5 79 8 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 5 85 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Cherokee translations: 12 11 78 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 12 6 82 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 14 10 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 15 10 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Lower Sorbian translations: 10 7 84 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 10 80 Disambiguation of 'a way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers': 1 2 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: roofing bone, roofing nail, roofing tin
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} roofing
  1. present participle and gerund of roof Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: roof
    Sense id: en-roofing-en-verb-Evl0HbfC
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 22, page 30:",
          "text": "As towns continue to grow, replanting vegetation has become a form of urban utopia and green roofs are spreading fast. Last year 1m square metres of plant-covered roofing was built in France, as much as in the US, and 10 times more than in Germany, the pioneer in this field.",
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