attic.

A room or space immediately beneath a building's roof.

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Words that belong together

• dusty attic
• attic room
• attic hatch

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The attic ceiling sloped so sharply that only the centre allowed him to stand.

She found the school photographs in a trunk in the attic.

Heat from the attic drifted down when he opened the hatch.

Usage notes

Primary category: architecture. Often reached from below and used for storage; not necessarily habitable or a complete storey. Count noun: attics.