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noun

garret

GAR-uht/ˈɡærət/

A small attic room, especially under a sloping roof.

The garret fits a small bed beneath its low sloping ceiling.

A compact architectural cutaway of a house’s uppermost story reveals a tiny furnished room directly beneath the pitched roof, with low sloping ceilings, a small bed, and a dormer window.
Etymology
garretOld Frenchwatchtower, shelter

Garite meant a watchtower or shelter, and English garret first named a small tower on a roof. The name then shifted to a room on the uppermost floor, especially beneath a sloping roof.

In context

Libranima5:13
on the staircase. His garret was under the roof of a high, five- storied house and was more like a cupboard than a room.
Crime and Punishment - Dostoevsky (Illustrated Audiobook) Part 1 of 2

More examples

  • He rented a garret above the shop.
  • Several garrets housed students.
  • Light entered the garret through a dormer window.

Forms

garret · garrets

Similar words

attic
The whole space beneath a roof, not necessarily a small room.
loft
Often a larger upper room or raised space.