dormer

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

A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the Traditional style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2019

On certain nights the moonlight had flooded through his dormer window and bathed everything in blue, beguiling shadows that prevented him from sleeping.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

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

An attic conversion could need dormers to elevate the roofline and turn it into a bathroom or bedroom that meets the code.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 2, 2023

The architectural towers sport cupolas, buttresses, dormers and booming cannons, and they’re decorated with floral garlands, war-trophy cartouches and jewel-toned colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

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