| Noun | 1. | attic - floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storagestorey, 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?" 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 | |
| 3. | attic - informal terms for a human head | |
| 4. | attic - (architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roofentablature - (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" | |