dormer-window
11Dormer — For people named Dormer, see Dormer (surname). An English street showing gable dormer windows A dormer is a structural element of a building that protrudes from the plane of a sloping roof surface. Dormers are used, either in original… …
12dormer — dormered, adj. /dawr meuhr/, n. 1. Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof. 2. the entire projecting structure. [1585 95; < MF dormoir DORMITORY] * * * Window set vertically in a structure that… …
13dormer — [[t]dɔ͟ː(r)mə(r)[/t]] dormers N COUNT A dormer or dormer window is a window that is built upright in a sloping roof …
14dormer — (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 …
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 — /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} …
18dormer — n. (in full dormer window) a projecting upright window in a sloping roof. Etymology: OF dormeumlor (as DORMANT) …
19window — win|dow W1S1 [ˈwındəu US dou] n ↑shutter [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Norse; Origin: vindauga, from vindr wind + auga eye ] 1.) a space or an area of glass in the wall of a building or vehicle that lets in light open/close/shut a window ▪ Do you mind… …
20dormer — noun a) a room like, roofed projection from a sloping roof b) dormer window …
