Dictionary 1. (n.) A shed or roof sloping from the main wall or building, as over a door or window; a lean-to. Also figuratively.2. (a.) Leaning; overhanging. Thesaurus Dymaxion house White House adobe house apartment building casa ceiling chambers cliff dwelling cold-water flat consulate country house country seat dacha deanery duplex apartment dwelling house eaves edifice embassy erection fabric farm farmhouse flat garden apartment hall house houseboat housetop lake dwelling lantern living machine lodge manor house manse overhead parsonage plafond prefabricated house presidential palace railroad flat ranch house rectory ridgepole roof roof garden roof-deck roofage roofing roofpole rooftop rooftree set of rooms shingles skylight skyscraper slates sod house split-level structure suite tenement tiles top town house vicarage |