dormer
Noun: A dormer is a structure that projects vertically from a sloping roof. Its purpose is to create additional space and headroom inside the upper floor of a building and to allow for the installation of a vertical window. The dormer itself has its own small roof, which is often gabled.
A dormer is an architectural feature. It is used to describe a specific type of window structure on a roof. - The attic bedroom was brightened by a large dormer. - The old house had several gabled dormers along its roofline. - They decided to add a dormer to create a usable office space in the loft.
- Dormer window: This is a common compound term referring specifically to the window set within the dormer structure. While often used interchangeably with "dormer," it emphasizes the window component.
- Light streamed in through the dormer window.
- Dormer window (n): The window installed in a dormer.
- Gabled dormer (n): A dormer with a triangular roof section.
- Shed dormer (n): A dormer with a single-plane roof that slopes in the same direction as the main roof, but at a shallower angle.
- Roof window
- Attic window (This is a more general term that can include dormers but also other window types set into a roof.)
The word "dormer" is specific to architecture and does not have other common meanings. It is not to be confused with "dormitory," which is a separate word for a large bedroom or a building housing many sleepers.
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a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
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