Difference between roof and wattle
Definitions
noun
- an upper limit on what is allowed
- the inner top surface of a covered area or hollow space
- protective covering on top of a motor vehicle
- a protective covering that covers or forms the top of a building
verb
- provide a building with a roof; cover a building with a roof
Examples
The buildings are usually gabled, with rows of tiles along the ridges of the roofs.
The couples agreed on a discreet slate-tiled mansard roof extension that gave each house an additional 30sq m of floor space.
If head-to-toe leopard seems a bit too Big Cat Diary to appeal, then a waterproof rucksack or bumbag in the same print are an easy way to add a distinctive touch to a more classic outfit.
Definitions
noun
- any of various Australasian trees yielding slender poles suitable for wattle
- framework consisting of stakes interwoven with branches to form a fence
- a fleshy wrinkled and often brightly colored fold of skin hanging from the neck or throat of certain birds (chickens and turkeys) or lizards
verb
- build of or with wattle
- interlace to form wattle
Examples
Some of the most charismatic cloud forest species such as the resplendent quetzal (Pharomacrus mocinno) and three-wattled bellbird (Procnias tricarunculata) are equally dependent on the seasonal moist forests as they migrate annually to these moist forests at the completion of their breeding season.
They were replaced by shanties and shacks built of nothing more than clapboard or wattle and daub with dark and threatening alleyways between.
The following morning Hilary was already under the wattle tree when he came outside for playtime.
