tin roof

collocation in English

meaningsoftinandroof

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tin
noun
uk
/tɪn/us
/tɪn/
a chemical element that is a silver-coloured metal, often combined with other metals or used to cover and protect ...
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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 oftinandrooffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesoftin roof

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Not having a house with atinroofis the reference category.
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This is a dummy variable coded 1 if the household has a house with atinroofand 0 otherwise.
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Interestingly, the analysis shows that having a dwelling unit with atinroofis negatively related to occurrence of famine deaths.
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Entry is via the vestibule building with its brick walls, corrugatedtinroof, and steel-framed early twentieth-centur y industrial windows.
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Number of famine deaths tends to be less in households that own a dwelling unit with atinroof.
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It is only a shanty, with a leakytinroof, and had been let at rents round about £30 per annum.
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If one wants a cup of tea one goes to an old shack covered with atinroofand stands on cinders.
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When you are in a hut which has atinroof, you hear the rain come patter-patter.
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Do they mean atinroof, an earth roof, a thatched roof, or one with straw or bags on it?
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Those under thetinroofdid not get wet, of course.
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There has to be a shack with atinroof, where cigarettes can be bought, and another shack with a tin roof, where incredibly vulgar picture postcards can be bought.
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Thetinroofis a later replacement for the shingled or possibly tiled original roof.
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The church building is a brick structure with atinroofand foundation of sandstone.
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Constructed of brick, the two-and-one-half-story house is covered by atinroof.
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The barn features red horizontal siding, atinroofand a central silo that extends through the roof.
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The original covered grandstand is still in place, though a newtinroofhas replaced the former wooden one.
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It rested on abutments of split granite, and was covered with atinroof.
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The oncetinroofwas covered with wood shingles.
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A staircase in the northeast of this roof leads to thetinroof, now covered with aluminum paint.
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It features a hippedtinroofcrowned by a large square cupola.
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