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# rooftop

noun (a rooftop, rooftops); adjective (rooftop: a rooftop garden)

«rooftop» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

A rooftop is the outside top surface of a roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#m1)

### In the lessons

In stories characters chase across rooftops or look over a city from a rooftop. In geography and science: rooftop solar panels and rooftop gardens. In safety: never climb onto roofs — falls are dangerous. Phrases: on the rooftop, across the rooftops, rooftop garden, shout it from the rooftops (tell everyone).

### Examples

- Pigeons sat on the rooftop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x1)
- The cat walked along the rooftops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x2)
- Our school has solar panels on the rooftop. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x3)
- The city has a rooftop garden. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x4)
- Snow covered the rooftops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x5)
- She was so happy she wanted to shout it from the rooftops. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/#x6)

### Note

One word. Countable. Close to «roof», but rooftop means the top outside surface, often seen from above.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «rooftop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/rooftop/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«rooftop» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/rooftop.html) on Mova free.