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Meaning of window in English

Table of contents
  1. Pronunciation
  2. Noun
    1. Etymology
    2. Definitions
  1. Pronunciation

    /ˈwɪndoʊ/

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  1. Noun

    window

    Etymology

    Middle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr‘wind’ + auga‘eye’

    Definitions

    1. a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
  2. 2. a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back

    Examples

    • « usually is capable of being opened »
  3. 3. a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
  4. 4. an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

    Examples

    • « he could see them through a window in the trees »
  5. 5. the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

    Examples

    • « 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 »
  6. 6. a pane in a window

    Examples

    • « the ball shattered the window »
  7. 7. an opening in the wall of a building (usually to admit light and air)

    Examples

    • « he stuck his head in the window »
  8. 8. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

Famous quotes

  • « The trick at Le Mans is to get the car 'in the window.' Everything is critical: the tyre pressure, the brake temperature, and that means you have to push the car a lot to get it into the window - it's about getting everything to work right and getting the car to flow through the corners. »
    Tom Kristensen
  • « Every time I copy something, I can draw it for the rest of my life. But research is so painful - I mean just opening up a magazine looking for a picture of a car or looking out the window looking for a car is just hard! »
    Jaime Hernandez
  • « What is sad for women of my generation is that they weren't supposed to work if they had families. What were they going to do when the children are grown - watch the raindrops coming down the window pane? »
    Jackie Kennedy
  • « Anytime you cast a movie and you need someone famous in the lead part, you're a prisoner of whoever happens to be famous in the six-month window in which you're trying to get a film financed. »
    Alexander Payne
  • « Fashion should be something that in the morning, when you open your window, you say, 'Oh fantastic, sun!' Then you take your shower, you say, 'OK fantastic, which colour I wear today because I feel happy?' This should be fashion. »
    Roberto Cavalli

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