dormer

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The roof and an upstairs dormer window of the property were severely damaged by fire.

From BBC • Dec. 14, 2025

Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylights, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2022

Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylight, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, and a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022

Tucked behind tall hedges and 12-foot gates, the 11,500-square-foot manor features dormer windows and Juliet balconies across the exterior.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 22, 2021

When he tired of making faces, he carried me to the dormer window, where, together, from the opposite ends of life, we gazed down at our leafy neighborhood.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides