garret
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garret
a small attic
Not to be confused with:
garrote – a device or instrument used to strangle a person; strangulation or throttling
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gar·ret
(găr′ĭt)n.
A room or set of rooms immediately under the roof of a building; an attic.
[Middle English, from Old French garite, watchtower, from garir, to defend, of Germanic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]
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garret
(ˈɡærɪt)n
(Architecture) another word for attic1
[C14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see wary]
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gar•ret
(ˈgær ɪt)n.
an attic, usu. a small, cramped one.
[1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower < Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison]
gar′ret•ed, adj.
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Noun | 1. | garret - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage cockloft - a small loft or garret storey, floor, story, level - a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale; "what level is the office on?" house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house" |
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podkrovípodkrovní místnost
kvist
potkrovlje
manzárdmanzárdszobapadlásszoba
háaloftháaloft, risris
bēniņijumtistaba
podkrovie
tavanarası odası
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garret
(ˈgӕrət) noun a usually small and sometimes dark room just under the roof of a house. He was poor and lived in a garret.
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