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attic (enc)

Attic

Noun1.attic - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
cockloft - a small loft or garret
storey, floor, story, level - structure consisting of a room or set of rooms comprising a single level of a multilevel building; "what level is the office on?"
hayloft, mow - a loft for storing hay
house - a dwelling that serves as living quarters for one or more families; "he has a house on Cape Cod"; "she felt she had to get out of the house"
2.Attic - the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens
Ancient Greek - the Greek language prior to the Roman Empire
3.attic - informal terms for a human head
human head - the head of a human being
4.attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
entablature - (architecture) the structure consisting of the part of a classical temple above the columns between a capital and the roof
wall - an architectural partition with a height and length greater than its thickness; used to divide or enclose an area or to support another structure; "the south wall had a small window"; "the walls were covered with pictures"
architecture - the discipline dealing with the principles of design and construction and ornamentation of fine buildings; "architecture and eloquence are mixed arts whose end is sometimes beauty and sometimes use"
Adj.1.Attic - of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times; "Attic Greek"

 

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