dormer

Example Sentences

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A dormer is a roofed structure for a window.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 30, 2023

Stone, shutters and dormer windows bring colonial style to the exterior, and inside, the grand foyer showcases a Paul R. Williams trademark: the spiral staircase.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 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

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

He recollected that on a good day in winter, when the maple trees stood bare, he could look through his dormer window out beyond the trees and see the green salt water to the southwest.

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