[
UK
/dˈɔːmɐ/
]
[ US /ˈdɔɹmɝ/ ]
[ US /ˈdɔɹmɝ/ ]
NOUN
- 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