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Definition of rooftop noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rooftop

noun
 
/ˈruːftɒp/
 
/ˈruːftɑːp/
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  1. the outside part of the roof of a building
    • From the hill we looked out over the rooftops of Athens.
    • The prisoners staged a rooftop protest.
    Topics Houses and homesb2
    Oxford Collocations DictionaryRooftop is used before these nouns:
    • antenna
    • protest
    • terrace
    • …
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Idioms
shout, etc. something from the rooftops
  1. to talk about something in a very public way
    • He was in love and wanted to shout it from the rooftops.
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