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  • 1dormer window — noun 1. the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window • Hypernyms: ↑window • Hyponyms: ↑oxeye 2. a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window • Syn: ↑dormer • …

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  • 2dormer — dormered, adj. /dawr meuhr/, n. 1. Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof. 2. the entire projecting structure. [1585 95; < MF dormoir DORMITORY] * * * Window set vertically in a structure that&#8230; …

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  • 3dormer — /ˈdɔmə / (say dawmuh) noun 1. Also, dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof. 2. the whole projecting structure. {originally, a sleeping chamber; compare Old French dormeor, from Latin dormītōrium dormitory} …

  • 4dormer — n. (in full dormer window) a projecting upright window in a sloping roof. Etymology: OF dormeumlor (as DORMANT) …

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  • 5dormer — noun Etymology: Middle French dormeor dormitory, from Latin dormitorium Date: 1592 a window set vertically in a structure projecting through a sloping roof; also the roofed structure containing such a window • dormered adjective …

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  • 6dormer — dor•mer [[t]ˈdɔr mər[/t]] n. 1) bui Also called dor′mer win′dow. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof 2) bui the entire projecting structure • Etymology: 1585–95; &LT; MF dormoir dormitory …

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  • 7dormer —   n. window projecting vertically from roof with gable like covering …

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  • 8Wall dormer — A wall dormer is a dormer whose face is integral with the face of the wall below, breaking the line at the cornice of a building.Wall dormers are less commonly seen than typical “roof dormers”. They locate the window flush with the wall plane&#8230; …

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  • 9National Park Service Rustic — National Park Service Rustic, also colloquially known as Parkitecture, is a style of architecture that arose in the United States National Park System to create buildings that harmonized with their natural environment. Since its founding, the&#8230; …

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  • 10Ellwood House — Infobox nrhp | name = Ellwood House caption = locator x = locator y = location = DeKalb, Illinois, DeKalb County, Illinois, USA nearest city = lat degrees = 41 lat minutes = 55 lat seconds = 53 lat direction = N long degrees = 88 long minutes =&#8230; …

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