how to pronounce roof

/ɹuːf/

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roof is pronounced in one syllable

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An example use of roof in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… seem to get onto the roof of a bus and …”

meaning of roof

Roof is the top of a building.

roof frequency in english - B1 level of CEFR

the word roof occurs in english on average 41.5 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for B1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.