What does Attic mean?
Definitions for Attic
ˈæt ɪkat·tic
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word Attic.
Princeton's WordNet
loft, attic, garretnoun
floor consisting of open space at the top of a house just below roof; often used for storage
Attic, Ionic, Ionic dialect, Classical Greeknoun
the dialect of Ancient Greek spoken and written in Attica and Athens and Ionia
attic, bean, bonce, noodle, noggin, domenoun
informal terms for a human head
atticadjective
(architecture) a low wall at the top of the entablature; hides the roof
Atticadjective
of or relating to Attica or its inhabitants or to the dialect spoken in Athens in classical times
"Attic Greek"
Wiktionary
atticnoun
The space, often unfinished and with sloped walls, directly below the roof in the uppermost part of a house or other building, generally used for storage or habitation.
We went up to the attic to look for the boxes containing our childhood keepsakes.
Atticadjective
Relating to Athenian culture or architecture.
Atticnoun
An ancient Greek dialect spoken in Attica, Euboea, and the northern coastal regions of the Aegean Sea.
Etymology: From the practice of decorating the top storey of building façades in the Attic architectural style.
Wikipedia
Attic
An attic (sometimes referred to as a loft) is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building; an attic may also be called a sky parlor or a garret. Because attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-reach corners. While some attics are converted into bedrooms, home offices, or attic apartments complete with windows and staircases, most remain difficult to access (and are usually entered using a loft hatch and ladder). Attics help control temperatures in a house by providing a large mass of slowly moving air, and are often used for storage. The hot air rising from the lower floors of a building is often retained in attics, further compounding their reputation as inhospitable environments. However, in recent years attics have been insulated to help decrease heating costs, since, on average, uninsulated attics account for 15 percent of the total energy loss in average houses.A loft or mezzanine is also the uppermost space in a building but is distinguished from an attic in that an attic typically constitutes an entire floor of the building, while a loft or mezzanine covers only a few rooms, leaving one or more sides open to the lower floor.Attics are found in many different shapes and sizes. They also have many uses: in residential buildings, attics are either small unusable spaces filled with insulation, either spaces with storage/HVAC equipment. Some commercial buildings also have attics under their pitched roof- these ones are usually used for storage, as a mechanical floor, or as a roof access space. Some attics in commercial buildings contain electric circuits and wires for lighted signs on the building’s walls.
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attic
An attic is a space or room located directly below the roof of a house or other building, often used for storage or to house mechanical appliances like water heaters or air conditioning units. It can also be converted into living spaces such as bedrooms or home offices. Attic access can vary from a full staircase to a small hatch or pull-down stairs.
Webster Dictionary
Atticadjective
of or pertaining to Attica, in Greece, or to Athens, its principal city; marked by such qualities as were characteristic of the Athenians; classical; refined
Atticadjective
a low story above the main order or orders of a facade, in the classical styles; -- a term introduced in the 17th century. Hence:
Atticadjective
a room or rooms behind that part of the exterior; all the rooms immediately below the roof
Atticadjective
an Athenian; an Athenian author
Etymology: [L. Atticus, Gr. .]
Wikidata
Attic
An attic is a space found directly below the pitched roof of a house or other building. Attic is generally the North American English term for it. As attics fill the space between the ceiling of the top floor of a building and the slanted roof, they are known for being awkwardly shaped spaces with exposed rafters and difficult-to-reach corners. While some attics are converted into bedrooms or home offices, complete with windows and staircases, most attics remain hard to reach and neglected, and are typically used for storage. It is a word ultimately derived from the Attica region around Athens, Greece. Attics can also help control temperature in a house by providing a large mass of slowly moving air. Hot air rising from lower floors of a building often gets retained in the attic, further compounding their reputation as inhospitable environments. However, in recent years many attics have been insulated to help decrease heating costs since on average, uninsulated attics account for 15% of the total energy loss in a typical house.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Attic
at′ik, adj. pertaining to Attica or to Athens: chaste, refined, elegant like the Athenians.—v.t. Att′icise, to make conformable to the language or idiom of Attica.—v.i. to use the idioms of the Athenians: to side with the Athenians, to affect Attic or Greek style or manners.—n. At′ticism.—Attic salt, wit of a dry, delicate, and refined quality. [Gr. Attikos, Attic, Athenian, Attikē, Attica, perh. from aktē, headland, though connected by some with astu, city.]
Attic
at′ik, n. (archit.) a low story above the cornice that terminates the main part of an elevation: a room in the roof of a house. [Introduced in architecture from the idea that the feature to which it alluded was constructed in the Athenian manner.]
Editors Contribution
atticadjective
The space within the roof area of a house, premises, property of form of housing
Many people transform the attic of their property into a bedroom, office or for other purposes.
Submitted by MaryC on April 13, 2020
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Anagrams for Attic »
tacit
catti
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of Attic in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of Attic in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of Attic in a Sentence
If this happens, you end up spending more on utility costs because the air you’re paying to heat or cool is escaping from the loose ductwork into the attic or crawl space, not into your living space.
I'm convinced there's a small room in the attic of the Foreign Office where future diplomats are taught to stammer.
It’s better to live alone in the corner of an attic than with a quarrelsome wife in a lovely home
A man should keep his little brain attic stocked with all the furniture that he is likely to need, and the rest he can put away in the lumber room of his library, where he can get it if he wants it.
Now is now. And now will never be again. Tomorrow is another country. The magic of the present moment must be found out and be given a further life in the attic of our remembrance. ("Voices of the sea" )
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- عليةArabic
- манса̀рда, тава̀нBulgarian
- golfes, àticCatalan, Valencian
- půdaCzech
- taflodWelsh
- loftsrumDanish
- Estrich, Dachboden, DachgeschossGerman
- σοφίταGreek
- mansardoEsperanto
- desván, áticoSpanish
- pööningEstonian
- زیرشیروانیPersian
- ullakko, vinttiFinnish
- grenier, comblesFrench
- áiléarIrish
- seòmar-mullaichScottish Gaelic
- עליית גגHebrew
- padlásHungarian
- ձեղնահարկArmenian
- lotengIndonesian
- atikoIdo
- þakhæð, háaloft, ris, hanabjálki, rishæð, loftIcelandic
- soffittaItalian
- 屋根裏Japanese
- მანსარდა, სხვენიGeorgian
- 다락방Korean
- AtticaeLatin
- palėpėLithuanian
- loteng, لوتيڠMalay
- zolderDutch
- loftNorwegian
- attyka, strych, poddaszePolish
- sótãoPortuguese
- mansardă, podRomanian
- манса́рда, черда́кRussian
- та̀ван, поткровље, potkrovnica, potkrovlje, мансарда, tàvan, mansarda, поткровницаSerbo-Croatian
- vindSwedish
- மாடிTamil
- అటకTelugu
- gácVietnamese
- masadacem, nufalucemVolapük
- gurnîWalloon
- 阁楼Chinese
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