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
A dormer is a roofed structure for a window.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023
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
A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the traditional style.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2020
We slept upstairs in small rooms with dormer ceilings.
From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove
Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
A few have Asian-inspired elements like flared or upturned columns or dormers, while others incorporate floral motifs and stained glass.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2025
Some people also paid for customized add-ons to their homes, like dormers or a porch.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 27, 2022
A massive mansard roof with dormers, tall windows and paired doors at the above-grade entrance all indicate Second Empire.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021
One year he’d painted the eaves and dormers, the clapboards and the deep-shaded summer porch, taking his time, finding pleasure.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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