Complete Definition of "garret"

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English

Etymology
Middle English

Pronunciation
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Noun
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  1. An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.

#:On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge. � Fyodor Dostoevsky, Crime and Punishment, s:Crime and Punishment/Part I/Chapter I|Part I, Chapter 1, Constance Garnett translation.

Translations
Czech: podkroví n
Finnish: ullakkohuone
Icelandic: háaloft n, ris n

Derived terms
like a cat in a strange garret

Category:Rooms

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