dormer
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
the entire projecting structure.
Origin of dormer
1Other words from dormer
- dormered, adjective
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The Daily Beast spoke to dormer about her badass new role and all things Game of Thrones.
Natalie Dormer Talks ‘Hunger Games,’ Feminism, and Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Needs More Dick | Marlow Stern | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST“I love those women that I play that have sexual power,” says Natalie dormer.
Natalie Dormer Talks ‘Hunger Games,’ Feminism, and Why ‘Game of Thrones’ Needs More Dick | Marlow Stern | November 21, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe politically-savvy princess Margaery Tyrell (Natalie dormer).
Will Season 4 Make ‘Game of Thrones’ the Best Fantasy Show Ever? | Andrew Romano | April 2, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTOne hope is that the winter storm is also making things more difficult for dormer—if he is still in the mountains, that is.
"We believe at this time that they belong to the missing Shannan Gilbert," Suffolk County Police Commissioner Richard dormer said.
Shannan Gilbert Body Likely Found, New York Police Say | Christine Pelisek | December 13, 2011 | THE DAILY BEAST
Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinRobert went over and seated himself on the broad sill of one of the dormer windows.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinThen the roof itself, with its gables and dormer windows, softly folded itself flat down upon the top of the house, out of sight.
Davy and The Goblin | Charles E. CarrylYour old homestead is the loveliest place around, with its deep eaves and dormer-windows and vines.
Tessa Wadsworth's Discipline | Jennie M. DrinkwaterA girl came out of lawyer Royall's house, at the end of the one street of North dormer, and stood on the doorstep.
Summer | Edith Wharton
British Dictionary definitions for dormer
/ (ˈdɔːmə) /
a construction with a gable roof and a window at its outer end that projects from a sloping roof: Also called: dormer window
Origin of dormer
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