roof garden

roof gar·den

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [roof, roo f gahr-dn]
- /ruf, rʊf ˈgɑr dn/
- /ruːf ˈɡɑːdn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [roof, roo f gahr-dn]
- /ruf, rʊf ˈgɑr dn/

Definitions of roof garden words

noun roof garden a garden on the flat roof of a house or other building. 1
noun roof garden the top or top story of a building, having a garden, restaurant, or the like. 1
countable noun roof garden A roof garden is a garden on the flat roof of a building. 0
noun roof garden a garden on a flat roof of a building 0
noun roof garden a garden on the flat roof of a building 0
noun roof garden the roof or top floor of a high building, decorated as a garden and used as for a restaurant 0

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Origin of roof garden

First appearance:

before 1890

One of the 20% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1890-95

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Parts of speech for Roof garden

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roof garden popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 31% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 72% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

roof garden usage trend in Literature

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