attic
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- noun
- /ˈætɪk/
:
desván
- In fact, this attic is off-limits.
- stored in the attic
- found in the attic
- an attic room
She ends up being locked in the upstairs attic by the husband.
- She ends up being locked in the upstairs attic by the husband.
- We found them in the attic of one of my barns sleeping.
- So Don Lofario is trapped inside the attic by this barrier here.
- You shouldn't have to have to hide Jews in an attic or or or such and such.
- And he's got that bloody article upstairs in the attic.
- I had a shoe company that I was running from my attic and I also was running a gym.
- Right, OK let's go in the attic.
Examples
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I thought twice about venturing into the attic that July afternoon in 1997.
Academic text (2000) -
The roof itself was still intact; it was the floor of the attic that had been destroyed.
Fiction book (1992) -
But I remember I was in the attic with my brother.
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Now we're going to go up in the attic and take that wire all down.
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Fred Rose moved a piano into his attic and used it as a "studio."
Fiction book (1990) -
Everybody here has used that attic cubicle in his or her time.
Fiction book (1992) -
They were in the attic under several fake Christmas trees.
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Mead was given a temporary office in an attic room in the Museum's west tower.
Academic text (2001) -
The Schaeber house was two stories plus an attic, with a wraparound porch like the others.
Fiction book (1992) -
We converted the old attic into a cozy reading nook filled with books.
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Etymology
Attic comes from a word meaning 'from Attica', the region around Athens. It was first used for a small decorative top part of Greek buildings and later for the space just under the roof, so an attic is the top room of a house.