dormer

Having had "a brief look at the roof space" on the applicant's house, he said things such as dormer windows could reduce roof space, meaning "less panels" could be installed.

From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026

A dormer is a roofed structure for a window.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 11, 2022

That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.

From Washington Post ● Jan. 8, 2019

Werner likes to crouch in his dormer and imagine radio waves like mile-long harp strings, bending and vibrating over Zollverein, flying through forests, through cities, through walls.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

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

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

If adding an additional story to your home is beyond your budget or time limits — and both are considerable for a project of this size — Adler suggests adding big dormers.

From Seattle Times ● Apr. 6, 2022

It has a complex Queen Anne-style roof steeply pitched with dormers and a wide Italianate cornice supported by heavy brackets.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

And so Harry and Cato began their life at Mrs. De Boer’s, living in one of the narrow dormers in the attic.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom