roofless en · ADJ
Pronunciation
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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.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Without a roof, open to the sky.
Before the tornado we had a dining room with a skylight; after it we had a roofless home with too much ventilation.
- (not-comparable) Having no house or home; unsheltered.
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Translations (6)
fi katoton (without a roof) · bg бездомен (having no house or home) · ca sensesostre (having no house or home) · grc ἄστεγος (without a roof) · grc ἄστεγος (having no house or home) · fi asunnoton (having no house or home)