Attic - definition, pronunciation, transcription
noun
- the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia (syn: ionic)
- informal terms for a human head (syn: bean, dome, noggin, noodle)
- (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
adjective
Extra examples
...rented the attic out to a college student...
We stored the boxes up in the attic.
She found a curious old clock in the attic.
The attic has poor air circulation.
...took a breather from the seemingly endless task of sorting through years of stuff stored in the attic...
...don't store oily rags and other combustible materials in a hot attic...
...the cumulus of sundry things that fill up one's attic and somehow sum up a lifetime of experiences...
...couldn't stay too long in the fusty attic without sneezing...
I could hear him galumphing around in the attic.
...she had learned of her illegitimacy while rummaging through old family records in the attic...
They used a special type of fiberglass to insulate the attic.
...since no one lived in the attic, the landlord suggested that the new tenant might have seen the materialization of a woman once murdered there...
...the box from the attic contained a miscellany of old records, family photo albums, and long-forgotten love letters...
...a motley of old junk stored in the attic...
...in my grandparents' attic are many “groovy” relics from the 1960s...
Word forms
singular: attic
plural: attics
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