Synonyms for garret
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : gar-it |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈgær ɪt |
Définition of garret
Origin :- c.1300, "turret, small tower on the roof of a house or castle," from Old French garite "watchtower, place of refuge," from garir "defend, preserve," from a Germanic source (cf. Gothic warjan "forbid," Old High German warjan "to defend"), from Proto-Germanic *warjanan, from PIE root *wer- "to cover" (see warrant (n.)). Meaning "room on uppermost floor of a house" is from early 14c. See attic. As the typical wretched abode of a poor poet, by mid-18c.
- noun attic
- I awoke this morning to see the bright sunshine flooding my garret.
- Extract from : « Ballads of a Bohemian » by Robert W. Service
- Many's the time I long to be back in the garret—horrid place!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- Of course it must be the same thing that made him take to the garret and hide there!
- Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald
- "All her old playthings are up in the garret," he said, as they rose from the table.
- Extract from : « The Little Colonel » by Annie Fellows Johnston
- It doesn't light anything, and if it did, this is a garret, not a church.
- Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
- A garret, and a Marshalsea garret without compromise, was Little Dorrit's room.
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- She had moved from the wall of the garret, very near to the bench on which he sat.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- The three had risen, and their heads were together when he came back to the garret.
- Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens
- Sacred to the bare walls of his garret be the mysteries of his interior dress!
- Extract from : « The Mudfog and Other Sketches » by Charles Dickens
- It was a hot summer afternoon, and the great play-room in the garret was deserted.
- Extract from : « Harper's Young People, June 15, 1880 » by Various
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