: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
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bought a charming Victorian house with a garret that she hoped to turn into a writing room
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The whole thing felt like my own private Parisian garret, with every nook and cranny carefully appointed.
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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
Instead, the second-wittiest joke of Coup de Chance is Alain seducing Fanny in his struggling-artist garret.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
For centuries thereafter, the uppermost floors remained least desirable (think servants’ quarters and Parisian garrets) until the invention of the commercial passenger elevator in the 1850s.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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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
Instead, the second-wittiest joke of Coup de Chance is Alain seducing Fanny in his struggling-artist garret.
—Armond White, National Review, 5 Apr. 2024
For centuries thereafter, the uppermost floors remained least desirable (think servants’ quarters and Parisian garrets) until the invention of the commercial passenger elevator in the 1850s.
—The Editors, Robb Report, 28 Mar. 2024
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“Garret.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/garret. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.
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garret
noun
gar·ret
ˈgar-ət 
: a room or unfinished part of a house just under the roof
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