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Definition of attic noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

attic

noun
 
/ˈætɪk/
 
/ˈætɪk/
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  1. a room or space just below the roof of a house, often used for storing things
    • furniture stored in the attic
    • an attic bedroom
    • Her photography studio was a converted attic.
    compare garret, loftTopics Houses and homesb2
    Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
    • cluttered
    • cramped
    • little
    attic + noun
    • apartment
    • bedroom
    • flat
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    Word Originlate 17th cent. (as an architectural term designating a small order above a taller one): from French attique, from Latin Atticus ‘relating to Athens or Attica’.
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