Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The profile of or silhouette made by a roof or series of roofs.
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- noun the
profile made by a series ofroofs
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Examples
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That plunging roofline, which is described as "coupe-like" by Naza/GM doesn't seem to come at the cost of headroom.
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We also understand that the seamlessness cannot stop at the roofline, which is why our Sole Power Tile (TM) will be sold and installed by US Tile-certified contractors.
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"This car wears about as fresh and handsome a suit of clothes as a four-door sedan can … The roofline is a single sweeping curve from front pillar to rear," and the chrome band across the grille is "repeated in back" with a broad chrome band along the trunk lid, "attests Automedia.
The Car Connection 2009
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"roofline" of the home-shaped pentagon that is the plate -- when catcher
SI.com 2010
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Nissan With its wildly outsized fender flares, saucer-eyed round headlamps, squat fuselage, tapering roofline and curiously latent, not-quite-formed rear contours, the Juke looks like a Nissan Murano at the larval stage.
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Even the roofline had little puffy parts that looked like eyes.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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It has a squared-off nose reminiscent of an Aston Martin and a roofline that flows into the rear of the vehicle like late-1960s Mustang fastbacks.
Ford Aims to Shake Up Family Car Market Mike Ramsey 2012
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Breaking away from the roofline of a condemned Gothic-style church, a goat-headed being with gray wings took flight, cutting from building to building in short trips as if it wanted to remain unseen.
Crossed J.F. Lewis 2011
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Yet it's hard to argue when one stands in its presence: The car's obsidian aluminum body Mr. Lauren changed the color from blue seems to leap over itself in a cavort of harmonies and symmetries, the fenders and arched roofline like black dolphins breeching and leaping.
A Man Driven to Distraction Dan Neil 2011
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With its wildly outsized fender flares, saucer-eyed round headlamps, squat fuselage, tapering roofline and curiously latent, not-quite-formed rear contours, the Juke looks like a Nissan Murano at the larval stage.
Nissan's Jazzy Juke, Imperfect on Purpose Dan Neil 2011
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