0 the top outside part of a building or vehicle -- toit [ masculine ]
the tiled roofs of the houses les toits de tuiles des maisons
1 the top inner part of the mouth -- voûte [ feminine ] palatine
3 to cover with a roof -- couvrir
It has been like building a block of flats starting with the roof instead of the foundations.
However, it looks like a beautiful house with a damaged roof.
Losing the roof over your head, especially for children, is terribly traumatic.
Natural disaster and political disaster merge, however, when a school's roof falls in, crushing the only child and leaving the parents distraught.
We should all just be grateful that the roof has not fallen on us.
I say this because segregation and mere cool coexistence under a very shaky roof are not the ideal conditions for developing a joint state.
We know that this is like building a house from the roof down: every time we have a problem, we try to solve that problem.
There is no point in making solar panels if you do not have the people to put them on the roof.