Dormer
11dormer — Dormant Dor mant, n. [See {Dormant}, a.] (Arch.) A large beam in the roof of a house upon which portions of the other timbers rest or sleep. Arch. Pub. Soc. Called also {dormant tree}, {dorman tree}, {dormond}, and {dormer}. Halliwell …
12dormer — noun a) a room like, roofed projection from a sloping roof b) dormer window …
13Dormer — This unusual surname is of English medieval origins, although its derivation is French, and much earlier and probably pre 7th century. It derives from the word dormeur meaning sleeper , and was introduced into England after the 1066 Norman French …
14dormer — noun Dormer is used before these nouns: ↑window …
15dormer — dor|mer [ˈdo:mə US ˈdo:rmər] n dormer .window BrE [Date: 1500 1600; : Old French; Origin: dormeor sleeping room , from dormir; DORMANT] a window built into a roof, so that it sticks out from the roof →↑skylight …
16dormer — dor|mer [ dɔrmər ] or ,dormer window noun count an upright window in a sloping roof …
17dormer — (also dormer window) noun a window that projects vertically from a sloping roof. Origin C16 (denoting a dormitory or bedroom window): from OFr. dormeor dormitory , from dormir to sleep …
18dormer — n. [Written also Dormar.] Luthern, dormer window …
19dormer — also dormer win.dow noun (C) a window built upright in the slope of a roof …
20dormer — /ˈdɔmə / (say dawmuh) noun 1. Also, dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof. 2. the whole projecting structure. {originally, a sleeping chamber; compare Old French dormeor, from Latin dormītōrium dormitory} …
