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dormer

[ UK /dˈɔːmɐ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɔɹmɝ/ ]
NOUN
  1. a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window

How To Use dormer In A Sentence

  • In the spirit of the colonial revival, they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof with a hip roof with dormers, removed the two-story service wing, replaced windows and doors, and restored or embellished interior woodwork.
  • It was a small room with a dormer window overlooking the railway line. TOY SHOP
  • Much of her time in France she lived in dormered attics like that. THE GWEN JOHN SCULPTURE
  • A few unexpected moves push these time-honored forms into the modern world: extreme angles to the roof pitches, compressed fenestration with staggered window sizes, and square dormers.
  • A real bonus of this property is the converted attic, an almost 14 square metre room with a large dormer window.
  • The roof is low-pitched and small dormer windows are sometimes used.
  • Recently, Jenkins used two pairs of paintings in a home at a slant where dormer windows met a wall in order to create height in a small space.
  • Roo lifted one sleepy eyelid, then closed it again as she made her way to the padded bench in the nearest dormer. THIS HEART OF MINE
  • This material is also excellent for use on low-pitched roofs in areas such as porches, sunrooms and shed dormers, and as additional protection in valleys and other particularly vulnerable areas.
  • A square roofe without Dormans, with two Lucoms on each side," means, I think, without dormer windows, and with luthern windows. Sabbath in Puritan New England
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