FANLIGHT

fanlight

(noun) a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan

skylight, fanlight

(noun) a window in a roof to admit daylight

transom, transom window, fanlight

(noun) a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

fanlight (plural fanlights)

a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of ribs; sometimes hinged to the transom

Hypernyms

• light

Source: Wiktionary



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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