For a good 250 years hoofs was the primary plural form of hoof analogized with the word roof which has roofs as a plural form.
How do you say roof plural.
Twas the house i d seen the roof of from the beach.
Here s a quick test.
The expansion will include the construction of two storage tanks extending the loading gantry and replacing two existing tank rooves.
The plural of roof is roofs or rooves.
Again though differing adaptation and other factors can come into play.
The very first sound that you ll hear on the roof provided there s fog will be rudolph s small.
Are you good at plurals.
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The rooves are made of temperate hardwood which is widely believed to be more environmentally friendly than tropical hardwood.
Is it roofs or rooves.
The external covering at the top of a building.
Since roofs is spelled with an f like the word first remember that roofs is the first word you should think of when you need a noun to refer to more than one roof.
That said hoof and roof totally do have the same origin as do most english words that do the f to v thing.
Rooves is an older form of the word and rarely used these days.
The primary job of most roofs is to keep out water.
Roofs constructed of flat sloped sections are referred to as pitched roofs.
Australian children right up to the 1980s for example were brought up with the word.
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Only one of these words is considered a correct plural form of the word roof.
Out of curiosity though would you list the plural of proof like in the case of writing a mathematic proof as prooves.
The plural of roof the plural of roof is roofs.
Up up and up the falcon flaps beyond the rooves the riven sky while windblown cans chime out below a death knell.
Other classes of animals like fish or invertebrates do not have hoofs.