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- [dawr-mer]
- /ˈdɔr mər/
- /ˈdɔːmə/
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- [dawr-mer]
- /ˈdɔr mər/
Definitions of dormer word
- noun dormer Also called dormer window. a vertical window in a projection built out from a sloping roof. 1
- noun dormer the entire projecting structure. 1
- noun dormer A window that projects vertically from a sloping roof. 1
- countable noun dormer A dormer or dormer window is a window that is built upright in a sloping roof. 0
- noun dormer a construction with a gable roof and a window at its outer end that projects from a sloping roof 0
- noun dormer a window set upright in a sloping roof 0
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Origin of dormer
First appearance:
before 1585 One of the 35% oldest English words
1585-95; < Middle French dormoir dormitory
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Parts of speech for Dormer
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
dormer popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 84% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
dormer usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for dormer
noun dormer
- apartment — An apartment is a set of rooms for living in, usually on one floor of a large building.
- studio — the workroom or atelier of an artist, as a painter or sculptor.
- attic — An attic is a room at the top of a house just below the roof.
- storage — the act of storing; state or fact of being stored: All my furniture is in storage.
- garret — spall (def 1).
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