garret

/ˈgɛrət/

/ˈgɛrɪt/

Other forms: garrets

A garret is a room at the very top of a house, just underneath the roof. If you don't have enough money to rent a proper room, you might be able to rent a garret.

Garret comes from the old French word guerite, which means "watchtower" or "sentry box." These days, a garret has nothing to do with war; it simply means the little room at the very top of a building, which is also called an attic. The idea of living in a garret is romantically associated with being a starving artist — great if you don't mind hunger and stooping over all the time because the roof is so low.

Definitions of garret

1. noun

   floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
   synonyms: attic, loft

   types:

   cockloft

   a small loft or garret

   hayloft, haymow, mow

   a loft in a barn where hay is stored

   type of:

   floor, level, storey, story

   a structure consisting of a room or set of rooms at a single position along a vertical scale