window

n a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air

Types:: show 24 types...; hide 24 types...; bay window, bow window
a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house; casement window
a window with one or more casements; clearstory, clerestory
part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light; display window, shop window, shopwindow, show window
a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store; dormer, dormer window
a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window; dormer window
the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window; double glazing
a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window; double-hung window
a window having two sashes that slide up and down; fanlight
a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan; lancet window
a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery; jalousie, louvered window
a window with glass louvers; oeil de boeuf
a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th century French architecture; picture window
a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view); pivoting window
a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically; porthole
a window in a ship or airplane; rose window, rosette
circular window filled with tracery; sash window
a window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air; fanlight, skylight
a window in a roof to admit daylight; sliding window
a window that open by sliding horizontally; stained-glass window
a window made of stained glass; storm sash, storm window
a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter; fanlight, transom, transom window
a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door; oriel, oriel window
a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall; oxeye
an oval or round dormer window

Type of:: framework
a structure supporting or containing something

n an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

“he could see them through a window in the trees”

Type of:: gap, opening
an open or empty space in or between things

n a pane of glass in a window

“the ball shattered the window”

Synonyms:: windowpane

Type of:: pane, pane of glass, window glass
sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors

n a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material

Type of:: panel
sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something

n an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served

“he stuck his head in the window”

Types:: ticket window
a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth)

Type of:: opening
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

n a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened

Types:: car window
a window in a car; quarterlight
car window consisting of a small pivoted glass vent in the door of a car; rear window
car window that allows vision out of the back of the car

Type of:: opening
a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made

n (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

Types:: dialog box, panel
(computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with `okay' or `cancel'; foreground
(computer science) a window for an active application

Type of:: display, video display
an electronic device that represents information in visual form

n the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

“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”

Type of:: period, period of time, time period
an amount of time

DEFINITIONS OF: window