window

[ win-doh ]

/ ˈwɪn doʊ /

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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

Words nearby window

windless, windlestraw, windmill, windmill grass, windom peak, window, window back, window blind, window board, window box, window dresser

Example sentences from the Web for window

The interior video shows the gunman firing the shot through the window.

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I fall back into a dream and then suddenly there is a tapping on the window just above my bed.

The Story Behind Lee Marvin’s Liberty Valance Smile |Robert Ward |January 3, 2015 |DAILY BEAST
As it was, The Affair ended its first season last night with me contemplating hurling my television out of the window.

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The younger man rolled down his window to receive the approaching Williams “to see what he wanted.”

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Her son peeked out the window and told me his mother had left Havana for La Lisa to visit a dying relative.

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After the first moment she did not look at Julian; she looked away from him out of the window.

The Second Fiddle |Phyllis Bottome
Across the street he saw a window with a display of camping equipment, portable stoves, boots, rifles.

It Could Be Anything |John Keith Laumer
She saw Mrs. Leslie coming to the window with her friend, and nerved herself for the ordeal.

Guy Kenmore's Wife and The Rose and the Lily |Mrs. Alex McVeigh Miller
The boys, and those in the room, caught a glimpse of the old miner as he hurried past the window after the gambler.

Two Boy Gold Miners |Frank V. Webster
Then without further hesitation I leaped out of bed and indignantly rushed to the window, but only on opening it to find him gone.

Brownsmith's Boy |George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for window

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 window

window

[ wĭn′dō ]

n.

A fenestra.

Idioms and Phrases with window

window

see out the window.

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