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11dormer — dor|mer [ˈdo:mə US ˈdo:rmər] n dormer .window BrE [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: dormeor sleeping room , from dormir; DORMANT] a window built into a roof, so that it sticks out from the roof →↑skylight …
12dormer — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mə(r)[/t]] dormers N COUNT A dormer or dormer window is a window that is built upright in a sloping roof …
13dormer — Dormant Dor mant, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep. Arch. Pub. Soc. Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. Halliwell …
14dormer — noun a) a room like, roofed projection from a sloping roof b) dormer window …
15roof — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. covering, housetop, rooftop, shelter, ceiling; home, rooftree; top, summit. See abode, height. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. rooftop, housetop, cover, shelter, tent, awning, house, habitation, home. Styles… …
16dormer — dor|mer [ dɔrmər ] or ,dormer window noun count an upright window in a sloping roof …
17dormer — (also dormer window) noun a window that projects vertically from a sloping roof. Origin C16 (denoting a dormitory or bedroom window): from OFr. dormeor dormitory , from dormir to sleep …
18dormer — also dormer win.dow noun (C) a window built upright in the slope of a roof …
19dormer — /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} …
20dormer — n. (in full dormer window) a projecting upright window in a sloping roof. Etymology: OF dormeumlor (as DORMANT) …
