Roofing

roofing
    n 1: material used to construct a roof
    2: the craft of a roofer
    

Roof \Roof\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Roofed}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Roofing}.]
   1. To cover with a roof.
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            I have not seen the remains of any Roman buildings
            that have not been roofed with vaults or arches.
                                                  --Addison.
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   2. To inclose in a house; figuratively, to shelter.
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            Here had we now our country's honor roofed. --Shak.
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Roofing \Roof"ing\, n.
   1. The act of covering with a roof.
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   2. The materials of which a roof is composed; materials for a
      roof. --Gwilt.
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   3. Hence, the roof itself; figuratively, shelter. "Fit
      roofing gave." --Southey.
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   4. (Mining) The wedging, as of a horse or car, against the
      top of an underground passage. --Raymond.
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46 Moby Thesaurus words for "roofing":
      adobe, ashlar, brick, bricks and mortar, ceiling, cement, clinker,
      concrete, covering materials, eaves, ferroconcrete, firebrick,
      flag, flagstone, flooring, housetop, lantern, lath and plaster,
      masonry, mortar, overhead, pavement, paving, paving material,
      penthouse, plafond, plasters, prestressed concrete, ridgepole,
      roof, roof garden, roof-deck, roofage, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree,
      shingles, siding, skylight, slates, stone, tile, tiles, tiling,
      top, walling