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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 1( def 5 ).
- 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 fenestral
- 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
- out of the window informal.dispensed with; disregarded
verb
- tr to furnish with or as if with windows
Other 51Թ Forms
- ɾdǷ· adjective
- ɾdǷ· adjective
- ܲ·ɾdǷɱ adjective
- ɱ-ɾdǷɱ adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of window1
Idioms and Phrases
see out the window .Example Sentences
Beijing had given up on the hope of using the small window it had before Trump's 54% tariffs on Chinese goods took effect next week to do a deal.
In a Tuesday proposal, O’Leary said there should be a minimum theatrical window of 45 days, referring to the length of time between a movie’s theatrical release and its availability for home viewing.
In the summer of 2021, a sign was posted in the bar’s window stating that its 50th anniversary would “be in the form of a forced closure.”
It gave the cake a glossy, almost shellacked finish—the kind of thing that made it look like it had been plucked straight from the window of a sun-drenched Italian bakery.
He used a jack to smash the back window and saw Arran, but struggled to grab him due to the thick smoke.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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