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roof garden ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a garden on the flat roof of a house or other building.
- the top or top story of a building, having a garden, restaurant, or the like.
Origin of roof garden An Americanism dating back to 1890–95 Examples from the Web for roof garden Historical Examples of roof garden
The dinner at Jack’s had been excellent, and the roof-garden prime-chop.
James Huneker
So that’s why I wanted to ask you just what a roof-garden is.
Carolyn Wells
Afterward they went to a midnight roof-garden, and at first it was rather dreary.
Mary Roberts Rinehart
The girl turned, and, as on the night at the roof-garden, found the man’s eyes upon her.
Will Lillibridge
Our farm editor must have been raised on a New York roof-garden.
Meredith Nicholson
British Dictionary definitions for roof garden roof garden noun
- a garden on a flat roof of a building