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 gar·ret  [garret garrets] BrE [ˈɡærət]  NAmE [ˈɡærət]   noun
 a room, often a small dark unpleasant one, at the top of a house, especially in the roof
 compare  ↑attic
 see also  ↑loft
 
 Word Origin:
 Middle English  (in the sense  ‘watchtower’): from  Old French garite, from  garir ‘defend, provide’, of  Germanic  origin.
 
 
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