window : Idioms & Phrases

• noun slang for a paunch
  tummy; pot; potbelly; corporation.
  
• noun a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
  bay window.
  

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Bay" win"dow

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1. (Arch.) A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

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• (Arch.), a depression in a wall of the size of a door or window, either for symmetrical effect, or for the more convenient insertion of a door or window at a future time, should it be needed.

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• an imitation of a door or window, without an opening for passage or light. See Blank door or window, under Blank, a.

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• noun a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
  bay window.
  

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• (Arch.) See Bay window.

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• noun a window in a car
  

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• noun a window with one or more casements
  

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• (Arch.), a circular bay window or oriel window. It has two or more magnetic needles permanently attached to a card, which moves freely upon a pivot, and is read with reference to a mark on the box representing the ship's head. The card is divided into thirty-two points, called also rhumbs, and the glass-covered box or bowl containing it is suspended in gimbals within the binnacle, in order to preserve its horizontal position.

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• noun a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
  shop window; shopwindow; display window.
  

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• (Arch.), a dormer window. See Dormer.

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• noun the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window
  
• noun a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
  dormer.
  

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Dor"mer, Dor"mer win"dow noun (Also<

• Dormer
• Dormer window

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Etymology

Literally, the window of a sleeping apartment. F. dormir to sleep. See Dormant, a. & n.

Definitions

1. (Arch.) A window pierced in a roof, and so set as to be vertical while the roof slopes away from it. Also, the gablet, or houselike structure, in which it is contained.

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• a window having two sets of glazed sashes with an air space between them.

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• noun a window having two sashes that slide up and down
  

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• (Arch.), the representation of a door or window, inserted to complete a series of doors or windows or to give symmetry.

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• . (Arch.) See False door, above.

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• . Same as Fan light (above).

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• noun a French door situated in an exterior wall of a building
  

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• (Arch.), a casement window in two folds, usually reaching to the floor; called also French casement.

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• a window in a gable.

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• a window with two bays.

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• (Arch.), a window of which the glazing and tracery represent the tree of Jesse.

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• noun a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery
  

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• noun a window with glass louvers
  jalousie.
  

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• (Arch.), a peculiar form of window common in mediæval churches, and of uncertain use. Windows of this sort are narrow, near the ground, and out of the line of the windows, and in many different situations in the building.

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• (Arch.), a window which fills or partly fills a lunette.

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• . (Arch.) See Rose window, under Rose.

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• noun a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
  oriel.
  

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• noun fenestra that has the base of the stapes attached to it
  fenestra ovalis; fenestra of the vestibule; fenestra vestibuli.
  

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• noun a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view)
  

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• noun a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically
  

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• noun car window that allows vision out of the back of the car
  

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• noun circular window filled with tracery
  rosette.
  

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• (Arch.), a circular window filled with ornamental tracery. Called also Catherine wheel, and marigold window. Cf. wheel window, under Wheel.

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• noun fenestra leading into the cochlea
  fenestra cochleae; fenestra rotunda; fenestra of the cochlea.
  

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• noun a window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air
  

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• a screen fitted for insertion into a window frame.

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• noun a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
  shop window; shopwindow; display window.
  

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• a window projecting from the wall. Ritson, quoted by Halliwell, explains it as a window that opens and shuts; and Wodrow describes it as a window of shutters made of timber and a few inches of glass above them.

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• noun a setting in which something can be displayed to best effect
  showcase.
  
  • it was a showcase for democracy in Africa
• noun a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store
  shop window; shopwindow; display window.
  

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• noun a window that open by sliding horizontally
  

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• noun a window made of stained glass
  

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• (Arch.), the flat piece upon which the window shuts down, and which corresponds to the sill of a door; in the United States, the narrow shelf fitted on the inside against the actual sill upon which the sash descends. This is called a window seat when broad and low enough to be used as a seat.

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• noun a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter
  storm sash.
  

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• noun a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth)
  

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• noun a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
  fanlight; transom.
  

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• . (Arch.) (a) A window divided horizontally by a transom or transoms. (b) A window over a door, with a transom between.

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• (Arch.), a window consisting of a main window with an arched head, having on each side a long and narrow window with a square head.

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• (Arch.), a circular window having radiating mullions arranged like the spokes of a wheel. Cf. Rose window, under Rose.

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• (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and the floor below.

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• noun a blind for privacy or to keep out light
  

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• a blind or shade for a window.

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• part of a window closed by a shutter which can be opened at will. Scot.

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• noun a long narrow box for growing plants on a windowsill
  

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• one of the hollows in the sides of a window frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash. also called counterweight channel. (b) a box placed outside a window, on the windowsill, containing soil, in which flowers are grown or displayed as decoration.

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• noun someone who cleans windows for pay
  

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• noun someone who decorates shop windows
  window dresser.
  

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• noun a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
  facade.
  
• noun the decoration of shop windows
  

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• noun an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure
  

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• noun the framework that supports a window
  

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• the frame of a window which receives and holds the sashes or casement.

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• noun sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
  pane of glass; pane.
  

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• panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass used in windows.

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• noun a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position
  sash lock; sash fastener.
  

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• (Zoöl.), the common European martin. Prov. Eng.

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• noun marine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell
  windowpane oyster; capiz; Placuna placenta.
  

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• (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.

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• noun street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
  Elvis; Zen; dose; battery-acid; back breaker; pane; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; acid; loony toons; dot; superman.
  

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• . (a) (Arch.) See Pane, n., 3 (b). (b) (Zoöl.) See Windowpane, in the Vocabulary.

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• noun a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame
  sash.
  

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• the sash, or light frame, in which panes of glass are set for windows.

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• noun screen to keep insects from entering a building through the open window
  

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• noun a bench or similar seat built into a window recess
  

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• a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See Window stool, under Stool.

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• noun an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window
  

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• a shade or blind for a window; usually, one that is hung on a roller.

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• (Zoöl.), the window oyster.

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• a shutter or blind used to close or darken windows.

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• (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the like, at the bottom of a window frame.

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• (Zoöl.), the common European martin. Prov. Eng.

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• 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.

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• noun someone who decorates shop windows
  window dresser.
  

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• noun someone who washes windows
  

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• verb make something appear superficially attractive
  dress up.
  
  • The researcher tried to dress up the uninteresting data
  • Don't try to dress up the unpleasant truth

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• verb examine the shop windows; shop with the eyes only
  

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• noun the activity of washing windows
  

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