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 At that time, the garret had little headspace and no bathroom. Curbed, 17 Jan. 2024 In bed, under the sloping roof of our Paris garret, C said that we should get married. Leslie Jamison, The New Yorker, 15 Jan. 2024 See All Example Sentences for garret
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Noun
  • Upstairs are en-suite guest rooms and a second office with a loft.
    Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 4 June 2025
  • The Space Force plans to loft 10 of these spacecraft, which are built by aerospace giant Lockheed Martin, with the final two going up in the next year or so.
    Mike Wall, Space.com, 30 May 2025
Noun
  • On April 15, a fire broke out in the attic and spread across the roof and spire before firefighters were alerted.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 21 May 2025
  • And one of the pictures that showed there was a bunch of stuff up in the attic.
    Madison E. Goldberg, People.com, 16 May 2025

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“Garret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garret. Accessed 13 Jun. 2025.

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