Dormer Definition

dôrmər
dormers
noun
dormers
A window set upright in a sloping roof.
Webster's New World
The roofed projection in which this window is set.
Webster's New World

Dormer-window.

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Noun

Singular:
dormer
Plural:
dormers

Origin of Dormer

  • Obsolete French dormeor sleeping room from dormir to sleep dormant

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Middle French dormoir (“sleeping room”), from dormir (“to sleep”)

    From Wiktionary

Dormer Sentence Examples

  • As there is no dormer on the roof, the ceilings slant downward on each side.

  • Ask too about our specialist range of curved or eyebrow dormer designs.

  • He seems to have performed the same not very honourable office in the case of two other journals - Dormer's Letter and the Mercurius Politicus; and to have written in these and other papers until nearly the end of his life.

  • As a volunteer he served in Dormer's regiment at the battle of Preston in 1715, spent some time on the Continent, and in 1717 entered parliament for Seaford, Sussex.

  • Road front has projecting gable to right, and a bay of 1½ stories with gabled dormer and staircase window.

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Words Starting With

DDODOR

Words Ending With

RERMER

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Words Starting With D and Ending With R

Starts With D & Ends With RStarts With DO & Ends With RStarts With D & Ends With ER

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6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With D6 Letter Words Ending With R