dormer-window

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

An upright window built from a sloping roof.

Equivalents

Españolbuhardilla

Françaislucarne

DeutschDachgaube Dachgaubenfenster GaubeGaubenfenster

13 more languages

Catalàclaraboia

Češtinavikýř

Suomikattolyhty ullakkoikkuna

Gaeilgefuinneog dhormánta

Gàidhliguinneag mullaich

Galegobufarda lumieira trapeiraviela

Հայերեներդիկ

Italianoabbaino

Nederlandsdakvenster

Portuguêstrapeira

Românălucarnă

Русскийслухово́е окно́

Examples

“He walked slowly past the gate and peered through a narrow gap in the cedar hedge. The girl was moving along a sanded walk ⟳, toward a gray, unpainted house, with a steep roof, broken by dormer windows.”

CEFR level

C1

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This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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See also

Dormer's bat Dormice dormie dormin Dorminey Dormington

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