Flat roof

/flˈat ɹˈuːf/

/flˈæt ɹˈuːf/

Flat roof

a horizontal or nearly horizontal roof surface with a minimal slope, providing a level or nearly level surface on top of a building

Examples

1. Why should all those individual pyramids add up to a flat roof?

2. The mall was of a bold glass and concrete design, with a flat roof and a large windowed facade.

3. And this index really shows that the UK now is becoming an attractive place for investment, and it's also we're seeing solar panel prices have fallen, we are seeing a lot of offices, installations putting solar panels on their flat roofs because they know it can offset their bills.

4. Likewise, if you're installing them in a big-box company, for example at Walmart or Kmart, and you have a big flat roof that isn't very strong, isn't well reinforced, you might care about that parameter as well, or the grams per meter squared.