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  • noun Plural form of dormer.

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Examples

  • Ok, but would you, and all UML "dormers" pay a 21\% premium?

    Lowell Sun Forum 2009

  • Ok, but would you, and all UML "dormers" pay a 21\% premium?

    Lowell Sun Forum 2009

  • They also said they don't want to see architectural elements, such as dormers and false shutters, added to buildings just because they're perceived to be Bluffton's style.

    Island Packet: Home 2008

  • About $750,000 in grant funds fueled restoration of the 102-year-old depot, replacing the roof and recreating features such as dormers and a ticket counter, Geyer said.

    IdahoStatesman.com News Updates 2008

  • Or imagine a house that has had the back porch enclosed, another one added, a family room tacked onto the side, cables poked in though the framing around the basement door, dormers popped out to convert the attic into a bedroom and so forth.

    Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010

  • Or imagine a house that has had the back porch enclosed, another one added, a family room tacked onto the side, cables poked in though the framing around the basement door, dormers popped out to convert the attic into a bedroom and so forth.

    Valerie Tarico: God's Emotions: What Are Emotions Anyway? (Part 4) Valerie Tarico 2010

  • The majority of the dormers, though, are just sleeping in their office as their sign of rebellion, penance, or thrift.

    Brian Ross: Let Sleeping Congressmen Lie Brian Ross 2011

  • Structurally, the wings were smaller versions of the house, turned sideways and attached to it by small brick sections that had roofs with dormers as their second story.

    Dark Secrets 2: No Time to Die the Deep End of Fear Elizabeth Chandler 2011

  • The majority of the dormers, though, are just sleeping in their office as their sign of rebellion, penance, or thrift.

    Brian Ross: Let Sleeping Congressmen Lie Brian Ross 2011

  • Five years ago, Mr. Botta transformed the boxy '60s resort; it now resembles a spaceship, with sail-shaped glass dormers on the roof, swooshing, transparent doors, a crystalline gangway and underwater Kneipp rock trails lit with red and blue lights.

    Water With an Edge Adam H. Graham 2011

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