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hipped roof
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hipped roof
n.
Variant of hip roof.
hipped roof
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a roof having sloping ends and sides
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Noun1.hipped roof - a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sideshipped roof - a roof having sloping ends as well as sloping sides
hip roof
roof - a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
hip - (architecture) the exterior angle formed by the junction of a sloping side and a sloping end of a roof
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