Synonyms of the word

rooftree

• n. The primary beam of a roof, ridgepole; hence, the roof.
• n. (figuratively) A home; household.

beam

• n. Any large piece of timber or iron long in proportion to its thickness, and prepared for use.
• n. One of the principal horizontal timbers of a building; one of the transverse members of a ship's frame…
• n. (nautical) The maximum width of a vessel.
• n. The crossbar of a mechanical balance, from the ends of which the scales are suspended.
• n. The principal stem of the antler of a deer.
• n. (literary) The pole of a carriage or chariot.
• n. (textiles) A cylinder of wood, making part of a loom, on which weavers wind the warp before weaving and…
• n. The straight part or shank of an anchor.
• n. The central bar of a plow, to which the handles and colter are secured, and to the end of which are attached…
• n. In steam engines, a heavy iron lever having an oscillating motion on a central axis, one end of which…
• n. A ray or collection of approximately parallel rays emitted from the sun or other luminous body.
• n. (figuratively) A ray; a gleam.
• n. One of the long feathers in the wing of a hawk.
• n. (music) A horizontal bar which connects the stems of two or more notes to group them and to indicate metric…
• n. (railway) An elevated rectangular dirt pile used to cheaply build an elevated portion of a railway.
• v. (transitive, intransitive) To emit beams of light; shine; radiate.
• v. (intransitive, figuratively) To smile broadly or especially cheerfully.
• v. (transitive) To furnish or supply with beams.
• v. (transitive) give the appearance of beams to.
• v. (transitive, science fiction) To transmit matter or information via a high-tech wireless mechanism.
• v. (transitive, currying) To stretch something (for example an animal hide) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, weaving) To put (something) on a beam.
• v. (transitive, music) To connect (musical notes) with a beam, or thick line, in music notation.

ridge

• n. (anatomy) The back of any animal; especially the upper or projecting part of the back of a quadruped.
• n. Any extended protuberance; a projecting line or strip.
• n. The line along which two sloping surfaces meet which diverge towards the ground.
• n. The highest point on a roof, represented by a horizontal line where two roof areas intersect, running…
• n. (fortifications) The highest portion of the glacis proceeding from the salient angle of the covered way.
• n. A chain of mountains.
• n. A chain of hills.
• n. A long narrow elevation on an ocean bottom.
• n. (meteorology) A type of warm air that comes down on to land from mountains.
• v. (transitive) To form into a ridge.
• v. (intransitive) To extend in ridges.

ridgepole

• n. A beam along the ridge of a roof to which the rafters are attached.
• n. A horizontal pole that supports the roof of a ridge tent.