Window Definition

wĭndō
windows
noun
windows
An opening in a building, vehicle, or container, for letting in light or air or for looking through, usually having a pane or panes of glass, etc. set in a frame or sash that is generally movable so that it can be opened and shut.
Webster's New World
Any of these panes, or the sash or sashes in their casement.
Webster's New World
A pane of glass or similar material enclosed in such a framework.
The ball broke the window.
American Heritage
Any similar opening, as that before a bank teller.
Webster's New World
An opening or transparent part that resembles a window in function or appearance.
A sail window.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
verb
To provide with a window or windows.
Webster's New World
idiom
out of the window
  • gone or dashed, esp. irretrievably so
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Window

Noun

Singular:
window
Plural:
Windows

Idioms, Phrasal Verbs Related to Window

  • out of the window

Origin of Window

  • From Middle English windowe, windohe, windoge, from Old Norse vindauga (“window", literally “wind-eye", "wind-aperture", "wind-hole"), equivalent to wind +"Ž eye. Cognate with Scots wyndo, wyndok, winnock (“window"), Icelandic vindauga (“window"), Norwegian vindauga, vindu (“window"), Danish vindue (“window"), old German Windauge. The “windows" in these times were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English from Old Norse vindauga vindr air, wind wē- in Indo-European roots auga eye okw- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

Window Sentence Examples

  • She glanced out the window, still smiling.

  • A glance out the window revealed that the snow had piled up to four or five inches.

  • He got up and went to the window to open it.

  • Actually, I never gave it much thought until I found the window open.

  • The count stood by the window and listened without turning round.

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Words Starting With

WWIWIN

Words Ending With

WOWDOW

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Words Starting With W and Ending With W

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Word Length

6 Letter Words6 Letter Words Starting With W6 Letter Words Ending With W