dormer Definition
dor·mer (dôr′mər)
noun
- a window set upright in a sloping roof
- the roofed projection in which this window is set
Etymology: OFr dormeour < L dormitorium: see dormitory
dormer Usage Examples
Converse of object
have: She questions the wisdom of having three separate dormers at the back of the house.
Preposition: in
roof: Dormers in the roof allow the windows to be carried higher.
Adjective modifier
- hipped: Steep hipped Swithland slate roofs with deep eaves and hipped dormers.
- gabled: Road front has projecting gable to right, and a bay of 1½ stories with gabled dormer and staircase window.
- light: To left of central section a 1 light dormer with stack with fixed 1 light.
- large: Separate dormers which reflect the window proportions of the main dwelling are visually more appropriate than a single large dormer.
- pitched: Steep pitched clay tile roofs with pitched roof dormers.
- rear: Erection of 3 no. rear dormers to facilitate a loft conversion, creation of undercroft and first floor extension to existing house.
Modifies a noun
- bungalow: Parkside is a detached dormer bungalow situated at the heart of the village with lovely rural views.
- window: Part of the dormer window is higher than the highest part of the roof.
- extension: Planning controls may govern the broad design and style of a dormer roof extension.
- conversion: Within suitably designed loft and dormer conversions can reduce levels of sound conversion.
- roof: To increase light into the room designs can include a roof window within a flat dormer roof.
- frame: Roof rafters on either side of the aperture provide a base for the dormer frame.
Noun used with modifier
- eyebrow: Ask too about our specialist range of curved or eyebrow dormer designs.
- roof: Steep pitched clay tile roofs with pitched roof dormers.
- half: On right end a French window with 1 light half dormer above.
- attic: This two-storey building with attic dormers is brick with a Welsh slate roof.
- light: Stack on diagonal to right with 1 light and 2 light further right with 2 light dormer over.
- bedroomed: The house included in the sale is a five bedroomed dormer house built in 1987 and in excellent condition.

