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# attic

noun (an attic, attics)

«attic» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A room or space just under the roof of a house, often used for storing things. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#m1)
2. (adjective use) In or of the attic: an attic bedroom. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#m2)

### In the lessons

In stories attics are full of old trunks, secrets and spiders; in everyday life people store boxes, decorations and suitcases there. In safety, attics can have no proper floor and loose wires, so children should not go up alone. Phrases: up in the attic, attic room, attic conversion, clear out the attic.

### Examples

- The Christmas decorations are up in the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x1)
- We found Grandma's old letters in a trunk in the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x2)
- My big brother's bedroom is in the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x3)
- Only step on the boards in the attic, never between them. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x4)
- A bat had got into the attic. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x5)
- The attic is hot in summer and cold in winter. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x6)
- There was once a hard-working student who lived in an attic, and he had nothing in the world of his own. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/#x7)

### Note

Countable. Similar words: loft (UK, often a space you climb into) and garret (a small, poor attic room in old stories). Not to be confused with "Attic", meaning from ancient Athens.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «attic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/attic/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«attic» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/attic.html) on Mova free.