DORMER

Dormer

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 construction or as later additions, to create usable space in the roof of a building by adding headroom and usually also by enabling addition of windows.

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dormer

Noun

  1. a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof
  2. dormer-window


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