| ADJECTIVE | all | hipped | having hips |
|---|---|---|---|
| all | hipped | (of a roof) sloping on all sides |
| Meaning | Having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination). | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "broad-hipped " | |
| Opposite | hipless | Having or seeming to have no hips |
| Usage of | combining form | A bound form used only in compounds |
| Meaning | (of a roof) sloping on all sides. | |
|---|---|---|
| Example | "a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables" | |
| Narrower | mansard | (of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper |
| Opposite | gabled | (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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