WINDOW

window

(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

window

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

window

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

window

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

window

(noun) an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served; “he stuck his head in the window”

windowpane, window

(noun) a pane of glass in a window; “the ball shattered the window”

window

(noun) an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function; “he could see them through a window in the trees”

window

(noun) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

window (countable and uncountable, plural windows)

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.

An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.

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

A period of time when something is available.

A restricted range.

(graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying the output of and allowing input for one of a number of simultaneously running computer processes.

A figure formed of lines crossing each other.

(medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.

(military, historical, uncountable) synonym of chaff

Coordinate terms

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Verb

window (third-person singular simple present windows, present participle windowing, simple past and past participle windowed)

(transitive) To furnish with windows.

(transitive) To place at or in a window.

Source: Wiktionary

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Win"dow, n. Etym: [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. 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. Shak. Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window bid good morrow. Milton.

2. (Arch.)

Definition: 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. King.

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 (Zoöl.), the common European martin. [Prov. Eng.] - - Window oyster (Zoöl.), 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) (Zoöl.) 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 (Zoöl.), 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 (Zoöl.), 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.]

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 Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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