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dormer

[dawr-mer] / ˈdɔr mər /
NOUN
loft
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Believe it or not, it only takes those and a few more simple tools to build a dormer.

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

As their dormer bungalow falls into council tax band E, they won't be eligible for the £150 rebate being offered.

From BBC Feb. 3, 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

Then she’ll send him up to the little cot he has claimed for himself in the attic, pressed up beneath the window of a dormer.

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

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

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




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