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Flat roof

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(Arch.) A roof actually horizontal and level, as in some Oriental buildings
A roof nearly horizontal, constructed of such material as allows the water to run off freely from a very slight inclination.

See also: Roof Roof



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A few feet below him was the flat roof of the adjoining building and as he dropped to it his back was toward the niche from which an embrasure looked out upon the gardens and the forest beyond, so that he did not see the figure crouching there in the dark shadow.
Tarzan the Untamed by Burroughs, Edgar Rice View in context
For just then went the full moon, silent as death, over the house; just then did it stand still, a glowing globe--at rest on the flat roof, as if on some one's property:--
Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book For All And None by Nietzsche, Friedrich View in context
But no; they floated gently down upon a broad, flat roof, and came to a stop at last.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
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