garret

Definition of garretnext
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 Balzac’s Paris: The City as Human Comedy by Eric Hazan 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 The whole thing felt like my own private Parisian garret, with every nook and cranny carefully appointed. Vogue, 8 July 2024 Instead, the second-wittiest joke of Coup de Chance is Alain seducing Fanny in his struggling-artist garret. Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024 For all those years her room was part of the architecture and geography of my being: a small attic with a garret window, poorly lit, hot in the summer. Édouard Louis, Harper's Magazine, 2 Feb. 2024 See All Example Sentences for garret
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Noun
  • There’s also the Sugar Shack, a kid’s version of the Alpine Cabin with a working wood stove, loft and tons of candy and sweets (and champagne for mom and dad).
    Moira McCarthy, Boston Herald, 11 Mar. 2026
  • Specialists recommend high-loft pillows for most side sleepers, which is usually best supplied by some type of memory foam or firmer pillow.
    Julia Harrison, Architectural Digest, 11 Mar. 2026
Noun
  • But when a group of fugitives is discovered to be squatting in their attic, both their plans are thrown for a loop, as the husband and wife must now work together to survive.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 14 Mar. 2026
  • So the unreleased manuscript ended up in a sweater box in her attic and stayed there for more than 50 years.
    Noah Lyons, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026

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“Garret.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/garret. Accessed 17 Mar. 2026.

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