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Definition of Roofing material

1. Noun. Building material used in constructing roofs.

Lexicographical Neighbors of Roofing Material

Literary usage of Roofing material

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Imperial Gazetteer of India by William Wilson Hunter (1887)
"... burns well when green, and is a good roofing material, as white ants do not eat it. Of a total area of 649 square miles in Rawal Pindi District under ..."

2. A Practical Treatise on the Manufacture of Brick, Tiles and Terra-cotta by Charles Thomas Davis (1895)
"BURNED CLAY AS roofing material.* Under the head of burned clay as a roofing material, the word tile expresses the material it is made of, how it is made, ..."

3. A History of the City of Newark, New Jersey, Embracing Practically Two and a by Frank John Urquhart, Lewis Historical Publishing Co (1913)
"Exchange, and has been for fourteen years president of the American Roofing Company, who are the owners of a patent roofing material of great value. ..."

4. Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Judicial by Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court (1917)
"An exhibit of the roofing material before its exposure to the weather was in ... It was a question at the trial whether the roofing material in use on the ..."

5. Transactions of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers by National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, New England Cotton Manufacturers' Association (1908)
"The roofing material used upon this weave shed was five- ply asphalt, and especial care was taken in nailing the felt to the roof. ..."

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