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dormer

[dawr-mer] / ˈdɔr mər /
NOUN
loft
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Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylight, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, and a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.

From Seattle Times Jun. 14, 2022

As their dormer bungalow falls into council tax band E, they won't be eligible for the £150 rebate being offered.

From BBC Feb. 3, 2022

Tucked behind tall hedges and 12-foot gates, the 11,500-square-foot manor features dormer windows and Juliet balconies across the exterior.

From Los Angeles Times Jan. 22, 2021

That something might be a chimney, a plumbing vent pipe, a powered attic fan, a turbine vent or a dormer, or it might be where two roof surfaces intersect.

From Washington Post Jan. 8, 2019

They bought a contemporary Cape house with dormer windows, with a lot of land around it, meadow and forest, where the dogs could run and the children could play.

From "The Hot Zone" by Richard Preston

Their dormers hadn’t been built yet; the lawns hardly had grass; the trees were plants held steady by sticks, a piece of paper attached by wire to the branches: “Apple tree.”

From The Wall Street Journal May 28, 2026

A few have Asian-inspired elements like flared or upturned columns or dormers, while others incorporate floral motifs and stained glass.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 8, 2025

Sixteen months earlier on our first call, Angel told me she had gone to the library to read about framing and building dormers.

From Seattle Times Mar. 30, 2023

A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.

From New York Times Apr. 21, 2022

And so Harry and Cato began their life at Mrs. De Boer’s, living in one of the narrow dormers in the attic.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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