steep roof

collocation in English

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steep
adjective
uk
/stiːp/us
/stiːp/
(of a slope) rising or falling at a ...
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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 ofsteepandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The house has the characteristic asymetric design with asteeproofand bay windows that are characteristic of the style.
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Above is a gallery parapet, behind which rises asteeproofstudded with four tiers of dormers.
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Thesteeproofhas a gable at one end and a hip roof at the other.
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Thesteeproofof the building with its clock tower was removed, and the glazed front elevation reconstructed.
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The western gate, flanked by two buttresses, finishes with a very sharp curve which supports a verysteeproof.
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The west tower has an octagonal floor, which is crowned by a lantern-like roof riders withsteeproof.
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Dormers and a cupola in thesteeproofemphasize the central wing.
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Thesteeproofdoes not possess dormers and there is a single prominent central chimney.
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Strictly symmetrical... twin three-bay outer sections narrow as they rise, exposing a recessed centre with a dormer in thesteeproof.
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It is built in light yellow brick and has asteeprooftopped by white-washed chimneys.
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A transept with lancets and asteeproofsimilar to the church's main block is at the rear.
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It was built with high walls,steeproof, dormer windows and corner turrets.
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The verysteeproofis covered with shingles creating polychrome motives.
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It features asteeproofand has a variety of gable ends, bargeboards, and windows.
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The sketch also shows the remains of part of the highsteeproof, which had once been crowned by a small bell tower.
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The freely inventive building has red and brown brickwork, asteeproofand a prominent crow-stepped gable.
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These were rectangular structures of one storey, but with an extremely tall andsteeproof, sometimes almost twice as tall as the house below.
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