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Meaning of Garret | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
ˈɡæɹɪt

Definitions

  1. An attic or semi-finished room just beneath the roof of a house.
  2. A male given name.

Equivalents

العربية الغرفة العليا
Català golfa
Čeština hůra podkroví půda
Deutsch Boden Dachwohnung Lucht Mansarde
Ελληνικά σοφίτα
Español buhardilla
Français galetas
Gàidhlig seòmar-mullaich
Íslenska háaloft ris
日本語 屋根裏部屋
한국어 다락방
Kurdî rîs rîş
Polski góra poddasze
Português sótão
Српски čardak potkrovlje ris
Svenska skyffe vindsrum
Türkçe çatı katı
Tiếng Việt gác xép

Examples

“This morning (we living lately in the garret,) I rose, put on my suit with great skirts, having not lately worn any other clothes but them.”
“On an exceptionally hot evening early in July a young man came out of the garret in which he lodged in S. Place and walked slowly, as though in hesitation, towards K. bridge.”
“I was in the main garret, with huge beams and rafters over my head, great spaces around me, a door here and there in sight, and long vistas whose gloom was thinned by a few lurking cobwebbed windows and small dusky skylights.”
“While a boon to garret-living, financially struggling young musicians, the library has caught the attention of music publishers.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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