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garret

noun

ˈger-ət

Definition of garret

as in loft

a room or unfinished space directly beneath the roof of a building bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room

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Recent Examples of garret About 10 years ago, Louboutin bought more garrets next to his apartment. — Dana Thomas, Architectural Digest, 12 Mar. 2026 Gives himself entirely to the race, shoots like a phantom up through the opening and then stands panting in the garret, completely motionless, while his eyes become accustomed to the change of light. — Literary Hub, 10 Nov. 2025 As anyone who has spent time living in a Parisian garret will tell you, the romantic notion of it dies pretty quickly, especially during a sweltering summer or a teeth-chattering winter. — Tobias Grey, airmail.news, 13 July 2024 One of Blake’s disciples was a young Welsh writer who arrived in London in the 1880s and took a job trawling through a garret full of old occult books, writing descriptions for a publisher’s catalogue. — Hari Kunzru, Harpers Magazine, 27 Jan. 2026 See All Example Sentences for garret

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The roof’s steep metal surface not only protects the home from cold winds, but creates enough height for an additional sleeping loft.

— Bridget Borgobello July 03, New Atlas, 4 July 2026
There are loft-like attributes to them, and also the feeling of living in a penthouse.

— Deborah Gimelson, Architectural Digest, 3 July 2026

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While sorting through boxes in the attic, DAR members Emily Fleming and Annie Smith found the gingerbread recipe in Mary Ball Washington’s diary.

— Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 2 July 2026
Margaret’s attic, though blessedly private, was also hot in the summer, the best efforts of its in-window air conditioner insufficient for the heat that had been seeping upward all afternoon.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026

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