gable roof

collocation in English

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gable
noun[C]
uk
/ˈɡeɪ.bəl/us
/ˈɡeɪ.bəl/
the top end of the wall of a building, in the shape of a triangle, where it meets the sloping parts of ...
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roof
noun[C]
uk
/ruːf/us
/ruːf/
the covering that forms the top of a building, ...
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(Definition ofgableandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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It was built in 1783, and is a plain 2 1/2-story brick building with agableroof.
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It has agableroofand features a one story, 26 foot long front porch.
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The two-story, house with agableroofand clapboard siding in little altered from its original appearance.
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It has a sidegableroofwith green-glazed terra cotta tiles and pedimented and hipped dormer windows.
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The main house is a 2 1/2-story, frame dwelling with a crossgableroof.
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It measures 16 feet by 27 feet and has a steeply pitchedgableroof.
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It dates to about 1700, and is a small, one-story, four-bay, farmhouse with a steepgableroofand asymmetrical elevations.
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The original building was a two-bay brick structure with agableroof.
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The house has an intersecting roof pattern which features a half-hipped component protruding from agableroof.
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It is built of fieldstone with sandstone quoins, and has a slate coveredgableroof.
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Atop thegableroofis a three stage tower topped by an octagonal cupola.
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It is three bays by three bays and has agableroof.
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It is a -story, five-bay-wide timber-framed residence with a wood shinglegableroofand rectangular plan.
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It features a steepgableroofand open, square shaped belfry.
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The house is a 2 1/2-story, double pile, modified central passage dwelling with agableroof.
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It has agableroofand exterior end chimneys.
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It was built in 1834 and is a simple rectangular limestone building with agableroof.
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It sits on a fieldstone foundation and has a sidegableroof.
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