Recent Examples on the WebThis semi-detached home abounds with period details, such as the multiple dormers overlooking the street.—Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 29 Feb. 2024 Orlando said after the roof, the gutters and new dormers are a high priority.—Journal Sentinel, 4 Apr. 2024 The couple subsequently undertook an extensive restoration in conjunction with Tate Builders, which included adding dormers, and replicating antique windows and doors.—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2023 In the primary bathroom of her home (formerly a church), designer Nathalie Chong set tub into the dormer offers and squeezed in a double vanity.—Amanda Sims Clifford, House Beautiful, 19 Dec. 2022 Two of the couple’s daughters comfortably share one of the bedrooms on the second floor, where inserting a dormer drastically enlarged the space.—Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 11 Nov. 2022 The roof is a little taller with a dormer that matches the house.—Joanne Kempinger Demski, Journal Sentinel, 4 May 2023 Light pours in from above, even on an overcast day, thanks to a dormer with a Palladian window that faces to the front of the house.—Hartford Courant, 18 Feb. 2023 The third-floor primary bedroom has a vaulted ceiling, two walk-in closets, and a bath with a soaking tub tucked into a dormer window.—Marni Elyse Katz, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Jan. 2023
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Word History
Etymology
Middle French dormeor dormitory, from Latin dormitorium
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