"roofless" meaning in English

See roofless in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-roofless.wav [US]
Etymology: Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roofless From roof + -less. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|roof|-less|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree English roof Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English roofless [Appendix:Glossary#derived_terms|Derived]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "*lewHs-", "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "status" : "inline", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Indo-European", "term" : "*lewh₁-", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang" : "ine-pro" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*leusaną", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-Germanic", "term" : "*-lausaz", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gem-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Proto-West Germanic", "term" : "*-laus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "gmw-pro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Old English", "term" : "-lēas", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "ang" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle English", "term" : "-les", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "enm" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "-less", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "is_group" : true, "keyword" : "affix" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "roofless", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="roofless"> From roof + -less. Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} roofless (not comparable)
  1. Without a roof, open to the sky. Tags: not-comparable Translations (without a roof): ἄστεγος (ástegos) (Ancient Greek), katoton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-roofless-en-adj-MIxMdFyq Categories (other): English terms suffixed with -less Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'without a roof': 100 0
  2. Having no house or home; unsheltered. Tags: not-comparable Synonyms: homeless, houseless Translations (having no house or home): ἄστεγος (ástegos) (Ancient Greek), бездомен (bezdomen) (Bulgarian), sensesostre (Catalan), asunnoton (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-roofless-en-adj-OVL5I~Qi Categories (other): English entries referencing missing etymons, English entries with etymology texts, English entries with etymology trees, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -less, Entries with translation boxes, Pages using etymon with no ID, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Pages with etymology trees, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Finnish translations Disambiguation of English entries referencing missing etymons: 38 62 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology texts: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with etymology trees: 25 75 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 38 62 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -less: 52 48 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages using etymon with no ID: 39 61 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 24 76 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with etymology trees: 14 86 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 33 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 23 77 Disambiguation of 'having no house or home': 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: rooflessness
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