garret

as in loft
a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room

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Recent Examples of garret Instead, the second-wittiest joke of Coup de Chance is Alain seducing Fanny in his struggling-artist garret. Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024 For centuries thereafter, the uppermost floors remained least desirable (think servants’ quarters and Parisian garrets) until the invention of the commercial passenger elevator in the 1850s. The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024 For all those years her room was part of the architecture and geography of my being: a small attic with a garret window, poorly lit, hot in the summer. Édouard Louis, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 At that time, the garret had little headspace and no bathroom. Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for garret
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Noun
  • The children’s rooms, meanwhile, all have their own loft area, so that the couple’s kids have space for play.
    Tori Latham, Robb Report, 31 Oct. 2025
  • This is an ideal pick for combination sleepers, who can adjust these pillows to suit their ideal loft depending on their needs.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 24 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Homeowners are advised to prepare their homes for winter by protecting pipes, insulating attics and servicing furnaces.
    Diana Leyva, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Nov. 2025
  • Add screening to vents or repair holes in existing screens in attics or crawlspaces, and repair or replace screens on doors and windows that can give these pests easy access to your home.
    Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 6 Nov. 2025

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“Garret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garret. Accessed 22 Nov. 2025.

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