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Dormer vs Ormer - What's the difference?

dormer | ormer |

As nouns the difference between dormer and ormer

is that dormer is a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof while ormer is an abalone or sea-ear, particularly species: Haliotis tuberculata, common in the Channel Islands.

dormer

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (architecture) a room-like, roofed projection from a sloping roof
  • dormer-window

    • ormer

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • An abalone or sea-ear, particularly , common in the Channel Islands.
  • * 1974 , (GB Edwards), The Book of Ebenezer Le Page , New York 2007, p. 16:
    • The food I like best of all foods is ormers ; but you can't always get them.

    Synonyms

    * abalone * sea-ear * ear shell