garret
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8.9
- noun
- /ˈɡɛrɪt/
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- At night, in my garret, Pen snuggled up to me.
Examples
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Wound up living in a filthy garret in Amsterdam, with some musician, or sculptor, or something.
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Don't ask me what sort of a place... what sort of a garret we can afford on the salary he pays me.
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We can live in your garret.
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A person on his own can always find a reasonably comfortable space for himself, somewhere up in the garret.
Fiction book (1993) -
The closest I have to a sanctuary is my "garret" up on the third floor.
Blog text (26) -
She is dying in a London garret.
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I told myself the place was an artist's garret, a fertile source of color and anecdote.
Fiction book (1992) -
The room I lived in was a Garret, very cold in winter, for it was insufficiently heated by a small stove, which often lacked coal.
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Tommy's office is a small, dark garret, with dirty carpeting, bare shelves, and a pile of bulging canvas U.S. Mail bags.
Fiction book (1992) -
My room was a fourth-floor garret furnished with a comfortable bed, a chair, and a small writing desk.
Synonyms
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1.0
An area in a building with walls, a floor, and a ceiling
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1.5
A space just below the roof of a house often used to store things
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3.9
An open top-floor space under the roof used for living or storage
A small room under the roof used for storage or sleeping
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Etymology
Garret comes from an old French word garite, which meant a 'watchtower' or small 'shelter' on a roof where a guard could look out. So the idea of a tiny roof-top lookout became the name for a small room just under the roof, which we now call a garret or attic.