Windows

[ win-dohz ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊz /

Trademark. (used with a singular verb)

any of several personal computer operating systems or environments featuring a graphical user interface.

Definition for windows (2 of 2)

window

[ win-doh ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊ /

noun

an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.

such an opening with the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or any other device, by which it is closed.

the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or the like, intended to fit such an opening: Finally the builders put in the windows.

a windowpane.

anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope, displaying the address.

a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something: Investors have a window of perhaps six months before interest rates rise.

Military. chaff¹(def 5).

Geology. fenster.

Pharmacology. the drug dosage range that results in a therapeutic effect, a lower dose being insufficient and a higher dose being toxic.

Aerospace.

launch window.
a specific area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must reenter to arrive safely at its planned destination.

Computers. a section of a display screen that can be created for viewing information from another part of a file or from another file: The split screen feature enables a user to create two or more windows.

verb (used with object)

to furnish with a window or windows.

Obsolete. to display or put in a window.

Origin of window

1175–1225; Middle English windoge, windowe < Old Norse vindauga, equivalent to vindr wind¹ + auga eye

OTHER WORDS FROM window

win·dow·less, adjective win·dow·y, adjective un·win·dowed, adjective well-win·dowed, adjective

Example sentences from the Web for windows

Up and down the plane I heard the slap of blinders yanked down over the windows while the rest of us eagerly took in the view.

The Life and Hard Times Of The Family A Cuban Defector Left Behind |Brin-Jonathan Butler |December 19, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
A Belgian church has a chalkboard sitting at the pulpit with the jungle peeking through the windows behind it.

The Congo's Forgotten Colonial Getaway |Nina Strochlic |December 18, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
Saks get 500,000 windows onlookers per day—a total of 25 million for the entire season.

The Incredible Art of Christmas Windows |Barbara Ragghianti |November 24, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
On the valley floor outside the windows of the house are the remnants of FOB Michigan, turned over to the Afghan Army in 2011.

Heart of Darkness: Into Afghanistan’s Taliban Valley |Matt Trevithick, Daniel Seckman |November 15, 2014 |DAILY BEAST

These first 747s had a short upper deck with only three windows on each side.

The Sexy Dream of the 747 |Clive Irving |October 26, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
By the shabby gateway of the house I halted and looked up at such of the windows as I could see over the wall.

The Vanishing Man |R. Austin Freeman
The windows are usually small and narrow, the jambs being splayed only on the inside of the church.

English Villages |P. H. Ditchfield
The windows are mostly double, and the houses, all of one story, are warm enough to be habitable.

In Search of a Siberian Klondike |Homer B. Hulbert
At only two of the windows, however, could a level view be obtained; the two others were completely blocked by piled up snow.

The Grammar School Boys Snowbound |H. Irving Hancock
The neighbours, one by one, left the windows, the lady below disappeared into her flat.

Our House |Elizabeth Robins Pennell

British Dictionary definitions for windows

window

/ (ˈwɪndəʊ) /

noun

a light framework, made of timber, metal, or plastic, that contains glass or glazed opening frames and is placed in a wall or roof to let in light or air or to see through Related adjective: fenestral

an opening in the wall or roof of a building that is provided to let in light or air or to see through

See windowpane

the display space in and directly behind a shop window the dress in the window

any opening or structure resembling a window in function or appearance, such as the transparent area of an envelope revealing an address within

an opportunity to see or understand something usually unseen a window on the workings of Parliament

a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, etc

short for launch window, weather window

physics a region of the spectrum in which a medium transmits electromagnetic radiation See also radio window

computing an area of a VDU display that may be manipulated separately from the rest of the display area; typically different files can be displayed simultaneously in different overlapping windows

(modifier) of or relating to a window or windows a window ledge

out of the window informal dispensed with; disregarded

verb

(tr) to furnish with or as if with windows

Word Origin for window

C13: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr wind 1 + auga eye 1

Medical definitions for windows

window

[ wĭn′dō ]

n.

A fenestra.

Idioms and Phrases with windows

window

see out the window.

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Windows

Trademark. (used with a singular verb)

Definition for windows (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of window

OTHER WORDS FROM window

Example sentences from the Web for windows

British Dictionary definitions for windows

noun

verb

Word Origin for window

Medical definitions for windows

n.

Idioms and Phrases with windows

BROWSE DICTIONARY

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Windows

Trademark. (used with a singular verb)

Definition for windows (2 of 2)

noun

verb (used with object)

Origin of window

OTHER WORDS FROM window

Words related to windows

Example sentences from the Web for windows

British Dictionary definitions for windows

noun

verb

Word Origin for window

Medical definitions for windows

n.

Idioms and Phrases with windows