English Explanatory Dictionary

pent roof

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A sloping roof with a singular surface.
  2. A short roof appended to the side of a building, particularly a barn.
  3. A penta engine, also known as a pent-roof combustion chamber.

Word forms

pent roof pent roofs pentroof

Etymology

Shortened from penthouse roof.

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