garret

CEFRC2

/ˈɡæɹɪt/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A room or space in the roof of a house.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A male given name.

Examples

  • The rain pattered upon the roof and the sky gloomed through the dusty garret windows.

  • On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.

At a glance

Sits at C2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1
Citations
4

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

More examples

In context

  • This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them.

  • While a boon to garret-living, financially struggling young musicians, the library has caught the attention of music publishers.

  • I was in the main garret, with huge beams and rafters over my head, great spaces around me, a door here and there in sight, and long vistas whose gloom was thinned by a few lurking cobwebbed windows and small dusky skylights.

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The writer worked in a dusty blank beneath the roof.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From Middle English garett, garite, from Old French garite, guerite (“watchtower”), from garir, guarir (“to defend, protect”) (compare English garrison), ultimately of Germanic origin (see English garage). Doublet of guerite.