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dormer

[dawr-mer] / ˈdɔr mər /
NOUN
loft
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Believe it or not, it only takes those and a few more simple tools to build a dormer.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

Here’s a partial list of things that are not a roof: plumbing vent pipe, chimney, skylights, powered roof ventilator, attic or room dormer, a wall that’s next to and rises above a roof.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 19, 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

He likes the dormer window he sees first thing in the mornings when he opens his eyes and looking at Battell Chapel.

From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri

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

“I read a lot of books about how to frame and build dormers, but they left many questions unanswered,” she said.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

The architectural towers sport cupolas, buttresses, dormers and booming cannons, and they’re decorated with floral garlands, war-trophy cartouches and jewel-toned colors.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 13, 2022

A new insulated roof and dormers expanded the head space.

From New York Times ● Apr. 21, 2022

One year he’d painted the eaves and dormers, the clapboards and the deep-shaded summer porch, taking his time, finding pleasure.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson


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