roofing

English

Etymology 1

roof +‎ -ing (“material, collection”).

Noun

roofing (countable and uncountable, plural roofings)

  1. Material used on the outside of a roof, such as shingles.
    • 2013 May 10, Audrey Garric, “Urban canopies let nature bloom”, in The Guardian Weekly‎, volume 188, number 22, page 30:
      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.
  2. A way of travel which consists in clambering over the roofs of skyscrapers.

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Etymology 2

Verb

roofing

  1. present participle of roof

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