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housetop
CIDE DICTIONARY
housetop, n.
The roof of a house, especially the flat part of a roof; as, shout it from the housetops. [WordNet 1.5]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
housetop, n. the roof of a house.
Idiom
proclaim (or shout etc.) from the housetops announce publicly.
THESAURUS
housetop
ceiling, eaves, lantern, overhead, penthouse, plafond, ridgepole, roof, roof garden, roof-deck, roofage, roofing, roofpole, rooftop, rooftree, shingles, skylight, slates, tiles, topAlso see definition of "housetop" in Bible Study Dictionaries
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