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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window;

2. a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window;
[syn: dormer, dormer window]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Dormer \Dor"mer\, or Dormer window \Dor"mer win"dow\, n. [Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.] (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

dormer window n 1: the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window 2: a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window [syn: dormer, dormer window]