garret

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[ gar-it ]
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noun
  1. an attic, usually a small, wretched one.

Origin of garret

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1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower <Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison

Other words from garret

  • gar·ret·ed, adjective

Words Nearby garret

Other definitions for garret (2 of 2)

garret2
[ gar-it ]

noun, verb (used with object)Masonry.

Origin of garret

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First recorded in 1835–45; of uncertain origin

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How to use garret in a sentence

  • On the way he told Sam of the “swell visitors” to the garret, whom Laidlaw had prevented him from going back to see.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Indeed he would certainly have been one of themselves but for garret-garden influences.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.

    The Battle of Hexham; | George Colman
  • Finally the ladies retired to rest in the garret, and the gentlemen went to sleep in the garden.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne
  • Laidlaw threw his heavy bulk against the door, burst lock and hinge, and sent it flat on the garret floor.

    The Garret and the Garden | R.M. Ballantyne

British Dictionary definitions for garret

garret

/ (ˈɡærɪt) /


noun
  1. another word for attic (def. 1)

Origin of garret

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C14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see wary

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