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HIPPED
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of a roof) sloping on all sides
Example:
a hipped roof has sloping ends rather than gables
Classified under:
Similar:
mansard ((of a roof) having two slopes on all sides with the lower slope steeper than the upper)
Antonym:
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)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Having hips; or having hips as specified (usually in combination)
Example:
broad-hipped
Classified under:
Domain usage:
combining form (a bound form used only in compounds)
Antonym:
hipless (having or seeming to have no hips)
