A roof constructed with rafters.
Rafters roof definition.
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Any of the large sloping pieces of wood that support a roof.
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Any of the parallel beams that support a roof.
Cobuild advanced english dictionary.
Countable noun usually plural rafters are the sloping pieces of wood that support a roof.
A pair of rafters is called a couple.
In home construction rafters are normally made of wood.
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Rɑːftəʳ ræf word forms.
Noun c us.
ˈræf tɚ uk.
A rafter is one of a series of sloped structural members such as wooden beams that extend from the ridge or hip to the wall plate downslope perimeter or eave and that are designed to support the roof deck and its associated loads.