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garret Definition

gar·ret (garit)

noun

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

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

garret Synonyms

garret

n.

attic, upper story, loft, cupola, penthouse, tower, lookout, dormer, clerestory, top story, belfry.

garret Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • occupy: His work requires a " long light " or leaden casement, so that he most frequently occupies garrets originally designed for his trade.
  • have: They were planning to be married in the spring, and have the garret of the house fixed up, and live there.

Adjective modifier

  • old: Do you dream yet on your old rickety sofa in the dear old ghastly bankrupt garret at No. 66?
  • small: These provide offices that range from grand open plan spaces on the principal floors to small one person garrets in the roof.
  • bankrupt: Do you dream yet on your old rickety sofa in the dear old ghastly bankrupt garret at No. 66?
  • low: In Nottingham it is common to find 15-20 children in a low garret, 12 feet square, working for 15 hours a day.

Modifies a noun

  • window: I entered his room through the garret window an hour ago.
  • room: I remember one or two of us meeting under his worthy father's humble roof, in a garret room there, for prayer.
  • workshop: The garret workshop remains on display in the Museum's Synopsis Gallery.

Noun used with modifier

  • herb: A herb garret was also erected for drying and storing medicinal herbs.

Possessives

  • writer: No towering gothic castle either, nor ivory tower, nor writer's garret.

Preposition: of

  • house: They were planning to be married in the spring, and have the garret of the house fixed up, and live there.
garret Quotes

Wise nature did never put her precious jewels into a garret four stories high: and therefore†exceeding tall men had ever very empty heads.

—Bacon, Francis,Viscount St Albans

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