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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A two-sided roof with a double slope on each side, the lower slope having the steeper pitch.

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  • noun A roof design having two slopes on the sides and gables in the ends.

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  • noun a gable roof with two slopes on each side and the lower slope being steeper

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