dormer
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7.4
- noun
- /ˈdɔrmər/
:
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- The house features beautiful dormer windows that let in plenty of light into the attic.
- dormer window
- dormer roof
- dormer gable
We don't know why that roof has five dormers and five different shapes, and why is that little offset there Makes no sense.
- We don't know why that roof has five dormers and five different shapes, and why is that little offset there Makes no sense.
Examples
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Eight dormer windows jutted out of the sloped ceiling, leading our eyes into the cloud-spotted sky.
Fiction book (1996) -
There was a front porch and a peaked dormer over the door.
Fiction book (1997) -
There were lights on in the house, and another burned in one of the high dormer windows of the mill.
Fiction book (2002) -
His room was in the attic, and his dormer offered a good slice of sky.
Fiction book (1997) -
The attic had two dormer windows, and she couldn't stand in most of the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
This entire row here, they'll all have dormer windows above the front elevation.
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The only sound was the gentle tapping of the tree branches against the dormer windows.
Fiction book (1993) -
Beyond this, a line of dormer windows looked out to the oaks or walnuts.
Fiction book (2002) -
White decorative carvings trimmed the porch and the two dormer windows on the second floor.
Fiction book (1993) -
The old bungalow had a long, sloping gray roof from which sprouted two dormer windows.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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6.5
A window that sticks out from a sloping roof to give more light and space
Compounds
Surface Forms
Etymology
The word dormer comes from a root meaning 'to sleep', the same root you see in dormitory and the old word dormire 'to sleep'. A dormer is a small window that sticks out of a sloping roof to bring light and space to sleeping rooms or attic bedrooms, which is why it has that name.