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dormer
[ dawr-mer ]
/ ˈdɔr mər /
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noun
Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof.
the entire projecting structure.
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Origin of dormer
1585–95; <Middle French
dormoirdormitoryOTHER WORDS FROM dormer
dormered, adjectiveWords nearby dormer
Dorkland,
dorky,
dorm,
dormancy,
dormant,
dormer,
dormeuse,
dormie,
dormient,
dormin,
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Words related to dormer
apartment,
studio,
attic,
garret,
storage,
aperture,
casement,
fanlight,
fenestella,
fenestra,
jalousie,
lancet,
lunette,
oriel,
porthole,
skylight,
bay window,
lucarne,
picture window,
rose window How to use dormer in a sentence
The Daily Beast spoke to Dormer about her badass new role and all things Game of Thrones.
“I love those women that I play that have sexual power,” says Natalie Dormer.
The politically-savvy princess Margaery Tyrell (Natalie Dormer).
One 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.
Two broad dormer windows looked out toward the Gulf, and as far across it as a man's eye might reach.
Robert went over and seated himself on the broad sill of one of the dormer windows.
Then the roof itself, with its gables and dormer windows, softly folded itself flat down upon the top of the house, out of sight.
Your old homestead is the loveliest place around, with its deep eaves and dormer-windows and vines.
A girl came out of lawyer Royall's house, at the end of the one street of North Dormer, and stood on the doorstep.
British Dictionary definitions for dormer
noun
a construction with a gable roof and a window at its outer end that projects from a sloping roofAlso called: dormer window
Word Origin for dormer
C16: from Old French dormoir, from Latin dormītōrium dormitory
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