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window
[win-doh]
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.chaff.
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.
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.
window
/ ˈɪԻəʊ /
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
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
informaldispensed with; disregarded
verb
(tr) to furnish with or as if with windows
Other Word Forms
- windowless adjective
- windowy adjective
- unwindowed adjective
- well-windowed adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of window1
Idioms and Phrases
Example Sentences
He called the emergency services and said Ms Fulton was "screaming for help" out of the bedroom window.
When she looked through the window she saw men in fatigues carrying assault rifles.
Through the passenger seat window, large elegant houses flash by.
When they emerged minutes later, they found their windows shattered and layers of dust and debris strewn across the front room.
Stones were thrown at the windows of a hotel in Newtownabbey and a car was set on fire in Hesketh Gardens in Belfast, which police are treating a racially motivated hate crime.
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