battlement {crenel}.
overhang and beam end {fascia, building}.
Metal or plastic {flashing, roof joints} can be over roof joints, such as where chimney meets roof.
Convex edges {hip, building} can be where two sloping roofs meet.
Spaces {plenum, roof} can be between suspended ceilings and roofs or raised floor and ground.
roof slope {rake, roof}.
sloping-roof horizontal top {ridge, roof}.
under overhangs and beams {soffit, roof}.
Concave edges {valley} can be where two sloping roofs meet.
Roofs {vault} can have arches.
bell tower {belfry}.
raised turret or pavilion {belvedere}.
small roof dome {cupola}.
roof-window gable {dormer}.
Roof edges {eave} can extend beyond wall.
Triangles {gable, roof} can be at rooftop ends.
fantastically carved drain spout or beam {gargoyle}.
point {pinnacle}|.
Temple roof points can have upward curved metal points {sky lick}.
Roof openings {skylight} can have transparent material to let in light.
Sleeves {windsock} can rotate in wind.
tall plaster demon {yak, roof}.
Cloth roofs {canopy} can be on poles.
Russian Orthodox cathedrals {tented church} can have roofs {hipped roof} {tented roof} with small arches in tiers.
Roofs {mansard} can have two levels on all four sides, with lower roof steeper than upper.
large tent or theater-entrance small roof {marquee}.
wood roof tiles {shake}.
Thin wood, rubber, composite, brick, or terra cotta rectangles {shingle} can overlap to cover roof.
cylindrical roof {barrel vault}.
Early Romanesque church vaults had groined vaults {cross vault}.
intersecting barrel vault {groined vault}.
Later Romanesque church vaults {ribbed groin vault} used wood or masonry in intersecting groined-vault lines {rib, vault}.
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