- pronunciation:
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tihk
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the space in a house that is under the roof and over the ceiling of the top floor. People often store things in the attic.
There are a lot of old boxes and old clothes up in the attic. |
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attic gets its name from the Attic peninsula of Greece, where a particular style of elegant architecture was used on the upper part of buildings.