garret

noun

gar·​ret ˈger-ət 

ˈga-rət

: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof

Synonyms

• attic
• cockloft
• loft

Examples of garret in a Sentence

bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room

Recent Examples on the Web

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

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

The whole thing felt like my own private Parisian garret, with every nook and cranny carefully appointed. —Vogue, 8 July 2024

The greatest and most talented Western inventors and scholars are those who for long years live a hard life sitting in a garret and discover something. —Akbar Ganji, Foreign Affairs, 12 Aug. 2013

Word History

Etymology

Middle English garite "watchtower, turret, room under a roof," borrowed from Anglo-French & continental Old French, alteration by suffix substitution (after fuite "flight," from fuir "to flee") of garrette "shelter for a sentry," from garir "to support, protect" + -ette, deverbal and diminutive suffix — more at garrison entry 1, -ette

First Known Use

14th century, in the meaning defined above

Kids Definition

garret

noun

gar·​ret ˈgar-ət 

: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof