ROOFING

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

The craft of a roofer

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Hypernyms ("roofing" is a kind of...):

craft; trade (the skilled practice of a practical occupation)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "roofing"):

slating (the act of laying slates for a roof)

Holonyms ("roofing" is a part of...):

building; construction (the commercial activity involved in repairing old structures or constructing new ones)

Derivation:

roof (provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof)

Meaning:

Material used to construct a roof

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("roofing" is a kind of...):

material (things needed for doing or making something)

-ing form of the verb roof