dormer window
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6.5
- noun
- /ˈdɔrmər ˈwɪndoʊ/
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ventana de buhardilla
- White decorative carvings trimmed the porch and the two dormer windows on the second floor.
- dormer window on the roof
- two dormer windows
- dormer window in the attic
Examples
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Helen sticks her head out the dormer window.
Fiction book (1991) -
This entire row here, they'll all have dormer windows above the front elevation.
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There were lights on in the house, and another burned in one of the high dormer windows of the mill.
Fiction book (2002) -
I lie on the rug in the bedroom and stare at the night sky through a dormer window.
Fiction book (1996) -
The attic had two dormer windows, and she couldn't stand in most of the room.
Fiction book (1995) -
The whole house was dark, except that I thought I could see a faint flickering light through a dormer window near the back upstairs.
Fiction book (1998) -
The only sound was the gentle tapping of the tree branches against the dormer windows.
Fiction book (1993) -
Unperturbed, he leaned out the dormer window to take in the view.
Fiction book (1992) -
The neat little clapboard house with dormer windows yielded no sign of telling change.
Fiction book (2001) -
The attic had two dormer windows that filled the space with natural light.
Synonyms
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7.4
A window that sticks out from a sloping roof to give light and space to an attic
Surface Forms
Morphology
The compound is fully compositional: 'dormer' denotes a projection from a sloping roof and 'window' denotes an opening fitted with glass, so together they describe a window projecting from the roof. Even though 'dormer' is somewhat specialised vocabulary, a B1 learner who knows both constituent meanings can directly infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
The noun dormer window may come from an old word for 'sleep' because these little windows were often built to bring light into small sleeping rooms under the roof. That's why a dormer is the little structure with a window that sticks out from a sloping roof.