window

[Win·dow]

A framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

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An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

Noun
a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

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a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened

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a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material

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(computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

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an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air); "he stuck his head in the window"

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a pane in a window; "the ball shattered the window"

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an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; "he could see them through a window in the trees"

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the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something; "the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves"; "they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded"

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An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

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The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.

n.
A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

v. t.
To furnish with windows.

v. t.
To place at or in a window.

Window

Win"dow , n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. . See Wind, n., and Eye.] 1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

I leaped from the window of the citadel.

Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow.

2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening. 3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]

Till he has windows on his bread and butter.

French window (Arch.), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; -- called also French casement. -- Window back (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below. -- Window blind, a blind or shade for a window. -- Window bole, part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. [Scot.] -- Window box, one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. -- Window frame, the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement. -- Window glass, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows. -- Window martin (Zo'94l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Window oyster (Zo'94l.), a marine bivalve shell (Placuna placenta) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to have been used formerly in place of glass. -- Window pane. (a) (Arch.) See Pane, n., 3 (b). (b) (Zo'94l.) See Windowpane, in the Vocabulary. -- Window sash, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows. -- Window seat, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See Window stool, under Stool. -- Window shade, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller. -- Window shell (Zo'94l.), the window oyster. -- Window shutter, a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows. -- Window sill (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame. -- Window swallow (Zo'94l.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] -- Window tax, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows, or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

Window

Win"dow , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Windowed ; p. pr. & vb. n. Windowing.] 1. To furnish with windows. 2. To place at or in a window. [R.]

Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His corrigible neck?

An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes containing some transparent material, as glass, and capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

To furnish with windows.

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Usage Examples

Even at the United Nations, where legend has it that the building was designed so that there could be no corner offices, the expanse of glass in individual offices is said to be a dead giveaway as to rank. Five windows are excellent, one window not so great.

Faith goes out through the window when beauty comes in at the door.

Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.

A lot of the songs start with an image. I was sitting there playing the guitar and I pictured this old, dirty green car, with the window rolled down, in the hot, hot, hot Texas heat, and this beautiful woman I knew when I was a kid sitting behind the wheel, looking out at me.

Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard!

As the fly bangs against the window attempting freedom while the door stands open, so we bang against death ignoring heaven.

Between our birth and death we may touch understanding, As a moth brushes a window with its wing.

Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed.

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Other Usage Examples

Because forgiveness is like this: a room can be dank because you have closed the windows, you've closed the curtains. But the sun is shining outside, and the air is fresh outside. In order to get that fresh air, you have to get up and open the window and draw the curtains apart.

Freedom is the open window through which pours the sunlight of the human spirit and human dignity.

I love Wagner, but the music I prefer is that of a cat hung up by its tail outside a window and trying to stick to the panes of glass with its claws.

I didn't want to be one of those women who wake up at 63 years old and realize they've missed the window of opportunity for marriage and children.

A leaf fluttered in through the window this morning, as if supported by the rays of the sun, a bird settled on the fire escape, joy in the task of coffee, joy accompanied me as I walked.

I live in Los Angeles, which is the second most polluted city in the world, and I wake up in the morning to dirt all over my window.

A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.

A smile is the light in your window that tells others that there is a caring, sharing person inside.