Question 1 · Quick check
attic
CEFRB2
/ˈætɪk/
noun
Türkçe translations
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In plain English
- 01
noun
A room or space directly under the roof of a house.
- 02
noun
Extra detailA person's head or brain.
Examples
He says he must get rid of the mice that are in the attic.
The idea evolved from a drawing I discovered in the attic.
At a glance
Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale
- Senses
- 4
- Parts of speech
- 1
- Citations
- 2
- Synonyms
- 4
Also pronounced
- [ˈæɾɪk]
Deep Dive
noun
Extra meaningsA storey or a parapet above the cornice of a classical façade, often decorated.
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
More examples
In contextLet's clear out the attic.
We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
[…] was a diminutive, forked-radish sort of a young man, very fashionably attired, or, as he would say, kiddily togg'd; and, though it was scarcely noon, he was rather queer in the attic; that is to say, not exactly sober.
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Origin
noun
From the practice of decorating the top storey of building facades in the Attic architectural style. From French attique, from Latin atticus, from Ancient Greek Ἀττικός (Attikós).