pitched roof

collocation in English

meaningsofpitchedandroof

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pitched
adjective
uk
/pɪtʃt/us
/pɪtʃt/
sloping and ...
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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 ofpitchedandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofpitched roof

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The client wanted a bedroom upstairs; the planners wanted single storey - it's a very sensitive site - and apitchedroof.
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So we developed one with apitchedroofto test whether it was a good idea, but we ended up with a difficult geometry.
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Here thepitchedroofand dark finish appear on one level to be conventional usages but on another as catalysts for new associations.
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It takes its visual cues, not from the red brick andpitchedrooflandscape, but from the simpler, utilitarian structures of the back-lane world it inhabits.
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The joint working party on heating and energy conservation in public sector housing has recently examined the problem of condensation in domesticpitchedroofspaces.
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Therefore, when the roofs blew off we were already faced with remedial works, and we considered putting on a traditionalpitchedroof.
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The church windows are more detailed, the niches deeper and the dome (seen in larger cathedrals) is augmented by apitchedroof.
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It features a shallowpitchedroof, bracketed windows and door hoods, and a spindlework porch frieze.
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The keep is topped by apitchedroofwith crow stepped gables.
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The room was originally apitchedroofwith tiles.
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The two sections are covered by a shallowpitchedroof.
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This building also stood two stories high with apitchedroofresting on an unadroned entablature.
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Thepitchedroofis hidden by an unusual parapet masquerading as an undecorated entablature.
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