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[ gar-it ] / ˈgær ɪt / SEE SYNONYMS FOR garret ON THESAURUS.COM
nounan attic, usually a small, wretched one. Origin of garret11300–50; Middle English garite watchtower <Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; see garrison OTHER WORDS FROM garretgar·ret·ed, adjectiveWords nearby garretgarote, garotte, garoupa, garpike, Garré's disease, garret, Garrett, garret window, Garrick, garrigue, garrison Definition for garret (2 of 2)[ gar-it ] / ˈgær ɪt /
noun, verb (used with object) Masonry.Origin of garret2First recorded in 1835–45; of uncertain origin Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for garretI thought of the other boy, the one Garret killed who rode with the Kid. I Shot Bin Laden|Elliot Ackerman|November 16, 2014|DAILY BEAST Reports leaked that Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch, and Garret Hedlund were being seriously courted for the part. ‘Hunger Games’ Star Sam Claflin Is as Surprised as You Are That He Was Cast as Finnick Odair|Kevin Fallon|November 13, 2013|DAILY BEAST The dreamboat is a closeted district attorney named Paul, played by Garret Dillahunt of Raising Hope. Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt Explore Gay Adoption in ‘Any Day Now’|Maria Elena Fernandez|December 13, 2012|DAILY BEAST Lucas Neff told me that he has a hard time keeping a straight face with you and Garret Dillahunt. Martha Plimpton Strikes Comic Gold|Maria Elena Fernandez|September 9, 2011|DAILY BEAST
And, Teardrop's showdown with Sheriff Baskin (Garret Dillahunt) at a traffic stop—"Is this going to be our time?" 2011 Oscar Shockers|Marlow Stern|January 25, 2011|DAILY BEAST It was the only room that had been finished off, and the garret outside looked dark and forbidding. Facing the World|Horatio Alger The first thing I did was to clean out the house from cellar to garret. From the Housetops|George Barr McCutcheon Buried, no doubt, in some garret hermitage or studio, they emerge thus weekly to greet silently the passing world. The Real Latin Quarter|F. Berkeley Smith A garret in London, a studio off Montparnasse, shabby, hungry—all no use. Civilization|Ellen Newbold La Motte I was coming over to the garret, and just as I reached the corner I saw you go into the lane. The White Moll|Frank L. Packard
British Dictionary definitions for garret
nounanother word for attic (def. 1) Word Origin for garretC14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see wary Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to garretturret, watchtower, loft, cockloft |