garret

¹

[ gar-it ]

noun

1. an attic, usually a small, wretched one.

garret

²

[ gar-it ]

noun

, Masonry.

1. gallet.

garret

/ ˈɡærɪt /

noun

1. See attic
   another word for attic

Other Words From

• garret·ed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of garret¹

1300–50; Middle English garite watchtower < Old French garite, guerite watchtower, derivative of garir, guarir to defend, protect; garrison

Origin of garret²

First recorded in 1835–45; of uncertain origin

Word History and Origins

Origin of garret¹

C14: from Old French garite watchtower, from garir to protect, of Germanic origin; see wary

Example Sentences

I thought of the other boy, the one Garret killed who rode with the Kid.

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Reports leaked that Armie Hammer, Taylor Kitsch, and Garret Hedlund were being seriously courted for the part.

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Alan Cumming and Garret Dillahunt star in Any Day Now, a film about a gay couple trying to adopt a mentally disabled child.

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The dreamboat is a closeted district attorney named Paul, played by Garret Dillahunt of Raising Hope.

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Lucas Neff told me that he has a hard time keeping a straight face with you and Garret Dillahunt.

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On the way he told Sam of the “swell visitors” to the garret, whom Laidlaw had prevented him from going back to see.

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Indeed he would certainly have been one of themselves but for garret-garden influences.

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I wish we were at home, and I was comfortably laid up in our damp garret, with a fine twinging fit of the rheumatism.

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Finally the ladies retired to rest in the garret, and the gentlemen went to sleep in the garden.

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Laidlaw threw his heavy bulk against the door, burst lock and hinge, and sent it flat on the garret floor.

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