garret

The definition of a garret is a top floor loft or attic room, often small or dismal.

(noun)

A small attic loft that an artist lives in is an example of a garret.

See garret in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

the space, room, or rooms just below the roof of a house, esp. a sloping roof; attic

Origin: ME garite, a watchtower, loft < OFr < garir, to watch < Frank *warjan, to protect, akin to OE warian: for IE base see warn

See garret in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A room on the top floor of a house, typically under a pitched roof; an attic.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English

Origin: , from Old French garite, watchtower

Origin: , from garir, to defend

Origin: , of Germanic origin; see wer-⁴ in Indo-European roots

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