Thesaurus results for GARRET

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 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 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 See All Example Sentences for garret

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Extol the poet’s life, but Meyers is revealed to live in an ostentatious loft bought by rich parents.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2026
Also in the house is, of all synthezoids, Ultron (James Spader), Vision’s genocidal nemesis — frenemy would be the better word here — held as a sort of prisoner in a loft space filled with art and television sets.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of loft

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Lansford said he was never contacted by the builder to come back and finish that job, and that at some point workers covered the vents in the attic with foam insulation.

— Matthew Adams, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Oct. 2026
The plan could include more efficiency programs, like curtailing data center operations on hot days and paying residential customers to insulate their attics.

— John Lippert, Chicago Tribune, 14 Oct. 2026

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