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Definition of "sunroof" [sun•roof]

  • A roof on a motor vehicle, such as an automobile, having a panel that can be slid back or raised. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "sunroof" in a sentence
  • "We can say now without hesitation that the assertion of the Pakistan Interior Ministry that Benazir Bhutto died from hitting her head on the sunroof is without merit."
  • "I spent a week in the top-shelf SEL with sunroof, which is very nicely equipped and sells for $22,295, including various smash like touchscreen navigation, Bluetooth, heated seats, 17-inch alloy wheels and more."
  • "DUFFY: It was totally submerged, but it was just deep enough that you wouldn ` t have been able to see it from the road, but looking directly down on it, we could actually see what looked like the roof of a car, with a sunroof, which is what we were mainly looking for, a white car with a sunroof."