6 PHRASE If a group of people inside a building raise the roof , they make a very loud noise, for example by singing or shouting. □ He raised the roof when he sang his own version of the national anthem.
7 PHRASE If a number of things or people are under one roof or under the same roof , they are in the same building. □ The firms intend to open together under one roof.
roofed /ruː ft, ruː vd/ ADJ A roofed building or area is covered by a roof. □ …a roofed corridor. □ …a peasant hut roofed with branches.
-roofed /-ruː ft, -ruː vd/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -roofed combines with adjectives and nouns to form adjectives that describe what kind of roof a building has. □ …a huge flat-roofed concrete and glass building.
roof|er /ruː fə r / (roofers ) N‑COUNT A roofer is a person whose job is to put roofs on buildings and to repair damaged roofs.
roo f gar|den (roof gardens ) N‑COUNT A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building.
roof|ing /ruː f I ŋ/
1 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Roofing is material used for making or covering roofs. □ A gust of wind pried loose a section of sheet-metal roofing.
2 N‑UNCOUNT [oft N n] Roofing is the work of putting new roofs on houses. □ …a roofing company.
roof|less /ruː fləs/ ADJ A roofless building has no roof, usually because the building has been damaged or has not been used for a long time.
roo f rack (roof racks ) also roof-rack N‑COUNT A roof rack is a metal frame that is fixed on top of a car and used for carrying large objects. [BRIT ] in AM, use luggage rack
roof|top /ruː ftɒp/ (rooftops ) also roof-top
1 N‑COUNT A rooftop is the outside part of the roof of a building. □ Below us you could glimpse the rooftops of a few small villages.
2 PHRASE If you shout something from the rooftops , you say it or announce it in a very public way. □ When we have something definite to say, we shall be shouting it from the rooftops.
rook /rʊ k/ (rooks )
1 N‑COUNT A rook is a large black bird. Rooks are members of the crow family.
2 N‑COUNT In chess, a rook is one of the chess pieces which stand in the corners of the board at the beginning of a game. Rooks can move forwards, backwards, or sideways, but not diagonally.
rookie /rʊ ki/ (rookies )
1 N‑COUNT A rookie is someone who has just started doing a job and does not have much experience, especially someone who has just joined the army or police force. [mainly AM , INFORMAL ] □ I don't want to have another rookie to train.
2 N‑COUNT A rookie is a person who has been competing in a professional sport for less than a year. [AM ]
room ◆◆◆ /ruː m, rʊ m/ (rooms , rooming , roomed )
1 N‑COUNT A room is one of the separate sections or parts of the inside of a building. Rooms have their own walls, ceilings, floors, and doors, and are usually used for particular activities. You can refer to all the people who are in a room as the room . □ A minute later he excused himself and left the room. □ The whole room roared with laughter.
2 N‑COUNT If you talk about your room , you are referring to the room that you alone use, especially your bedroom at home or your office at work. □ If you're running upstairs, go to my room and bring down my sweater, please.
3 N‑COUNT A room is a bedroom in a hotel. □ Toni booked a room in an hotel not far from Arzfeld.
4 VERB If you room with someone, you share a rented room, apartment, or house with them, for example when you are a student. [AM ] □ [V + with ] I had roomed with him in New Haven when we were both at Yale Law School. [Also V together ]
5 N‑UNCOUNT If there is room somewhere, there is enough empty space there for people or things to be fitted in, or for people to move freely or do what they want to. □ There is usually room to accommodate up to 80 visitors.
6 → see also leg room , standing room
7 N‑UNCOUNT If there is room for a particular kind of behaviour or action, people are able to behave in that way or to take that action. □ [+ for ] The intensity of the work left little room for personal grief or anxiety.
8 PHRASE If you have room for manoeuvre , you have the opportunity to change your plans if it becomes necessary or desirable. □ With an election looming, he has little room for manoeuvre.
9 → see also changing room , chat room , common room , consulting room , dining room , drawing room , dressing room , elbow room , emergency room , ladies' room , leg room , living room , locker room , men's room , morning room , powder room , reading room , reception room , rest room , spare room , standing room
10 to give something houseroom → see houseroom
-roomed /-ruːmd/ COMB [usu ADJ n] -roomed combines with numbers to form adjectives which tell you how many rooms a house or flat contains. □ They found a little two-roomed flat to rent.
room|ful /ruː mfʊl/ (roomfuls ) N‑COUNT A roomful of things or people is a room that is full of them. You can also refer to the amount or number of things or people that a room can contain as a roomful . □ [+ of ] It was like a teacher disciplining a roomful of second-year pupils.