roof garden

noun

: a restaurant or nightclub at the top of a building often in connection with or decorated to suggest an outdoor garden

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In Ipswich, Foster’s clients were persuaded to include a roof garden and, on the ground floor, a staff swimming pool. Ian Parker, The New Yorker, 20 Jan. 2025 Their biggest move was opening the enclosed staircase leading to the roof garden, then covering it with terrazzo tile. Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 5 Sep. 2024 At the time, the roof garden was the largest in Europe. Samantha Conti, WWD, 26 Sep. 2024 At one point, designs included a roof garden on the southeastern side, a café, and even a nightclub on the bottom floor. Katherine McLaughlin, Architectural Digest, 8 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for roof garden 

Word History

First Known Use

1895, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of roof garden was in 1895

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“Roof garden.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/roof%20garden. Accessed 30 Jan. 2025.

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