What is another word for attic?

Pronunciation: [ˈatɪk] (IPA)

Synonyms for the word "attic" include loft, garret, ceiler, mansard, and skylight. A loft is an elevated space typically found in a barn or warehouse. The term garret is often associated with a cramped, dimly lit space often used as an artist's studio. A ceiler is a small, low-ceilinged room often used for storage. A mansard is a steeply sloped roof that often provides additional living space. A skylight is a window located in the roof which allows natural light to enter the room below. All of these synonyms convey the idea of an upper-level, often enclosed space that can be used for a variety of purposes.

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Usage examples for Attic

In the morning he discarded his crutch, as he had threatened, and walked out to the studio, using only a stout old blackthorn stick he had found one day when rummaging among a collection of odds and ends in the attic.
"The Eye of Dread"
Payne Erskine
The house itself, which was built of stone, and almost square, contained ten rooms; four of about the same size below, and four exactly like them above, and two in the attic or half story in the roof.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe
A great many times he had taken the light, and looked into every place from the cellar to the attic, but he found nothing, and discovered nothing, except that when in the attic he heard the strange, muffled, and ghostly noises in the rooms he had just left.
"The Mystery of the Locks"
Edgar Watson Howe

Famous quotes with Attic

  • I had a toy theater and a magic lantern, and when I was eight I built a stage for theatricals in the attic.
    James Broughton
  • Being "contented" ought to mean in English, as it does in French, being pleased. Being content with an attic ought not to mean being unable to move from it and resigned to living in it; it ought to mean appreciating all there is in such a position.
    Gilbert K. Chesterton
  • Our consciences are littered like an old attic with the junk of sheer conviction.
    Wilford O. Cross
  • A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to use, and the rest he can put away in the lumber-room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
    Arthur Conan Doyle
  • I consider that a man's brain originally is like a little empty attic, and you have to stock it with such furniture as you choose.
    Arthur Conan Doyle

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