roofscape.

The overall pattern and appearance of roofs seen together.

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Words that belong together

• urban roofscape
• varied roofscape

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Chimneys broke the uneven rhythm of the urban roofscape.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture / spatial description. Forms: Singular roofscape; plural roofscapes. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: setting, description. Commonness: moderately common.