iron roof

collocation in English

meaningsofironandroof

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iron
noun
uk
/aɪən/us
/aɪrn/
a chemical element that is a common greyish-coloured metal. It is strong, used in making steel, and exists in very small amounts ...
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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 ofironandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The bells were repaired in 1934 at a cost of £300, but the castironroofhas not been painted since 1878.
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That chamber has a corrugatedironroofexcept where a short section is covered by wire netting.
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As it was a corrugatedironroof, they made their presence heard as well as felt.
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This shelter had a corrugatedironroof.
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Ventilation consists principally of the door, which must be usually kept open owing to the heat generated by the lowironroof.
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As a result, a huge corrugatedironroofhad to be erected to make the school habitable.
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The place in which the indentured workers live is just a long building, with a corrugatedironroofand one room for the whole of a family.
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If the man's head was resting, as it may well have been, against a corrugatedironroof, an explosion on the other side might well cause this concussion.
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The church is a simple square structure with a corrugatedironroof.
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They are constructed of a timber frame with galvanisedironroof.
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The walls, originally lined with packing boards covered with hessian and plastered, and the curvedironroofcause problems with acoustics, lighting and ventilation.
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It is a two-story brick building with anironroofand 12-panel windows.
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Its wooden structure covered with a dark green painted corrugatedironroofcost 2,500 to build.
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The homestead has anironroof, a verandah surrounds the building and has two bay windows.
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It is a single-storey limestone building with a hippedironroof.
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He later added anironroofover the main courtyard.
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Its faade is almost 100 metres long, and its complexironroofstructure was considered a technical achievement at the time.
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Hail crashed on theironroofso that you couldn't hear.
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It is then embedded into a corrugatedironroof.
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