dormer

The roof and an upstairs dormer window of the property were severely damaged by fire.

From BBC ● Dec. 14, 2025

A dormer is a roofed structure for a window.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 30, 2023

A steep roof and dormer windows accentuate the Traditional style.

From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 30, 2019

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

We slept upstairs in small rooms with dormer ceilings.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

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

Colonial Revival and Greek Revival touches can be seen in its dormers and other roof projections.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 5, 2021

Flashing is found near chimneys, dormers, skylight, plumbing vent pipes and any other vents that extend from the roof to expel air from your home.

From Seattle Times ● Sep. 21, 2021

Nothing of the houses but the roof sticks out above the snow, and the winter-doors may be set under the eaves or in the roof itself, like dormers.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin