Window

/ˈwɪndəʊ/ · noun

Meaning

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle..

Definitions by Sense

1. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
2. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
3. (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
4. (figurative) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
5. (figurative) Something that allows one to see through or into something.
6. A restricted range.
7. (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
8. A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

Example Sentences

She opened the window to let some air in.

But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…].

A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.

Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.

There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.

launch window

window of opportunity

You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.

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Word Forms

• windows
• windowing
• windowed

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