HyperDic: hipped

English > 2 senses of the word hipped:
ADJECTIVEallhippedhaving hips
allhipped(of a roof) sloping on all sides
English > hipped: 2 senses > adjective 1
MeaningHaving hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination).
Example"broad-hipped "
OppositehiplessHaving or seeming to have no hips
Usage ofcombining formA bound form used only in compounds
English > hipped: 2 senses > adjective 2
Meaning(of a roof) sloping on all sides.
Example"a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables"
Narrowermansard(of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper
Oppositegabled(of a roof) constructed with a single slope on each side of the ridge supported at the end by a gable or vertical triangular portion of an end wall

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