finestra

Definitions of finestra
  1. noun
    a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
    synonyms: bifora, finestrino, vetrina
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    bow window
    a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
    abbaino
    a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window
    invetriata
    a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view)
    rosone
    circular window filled with tracery
    lucernario, osteriggio
    a window in a roof to admit daylight
    vetrata
    a window made of stained glass
    soprapporta
    a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door
    type of:
    armatura, edificio, impalcatura, intelaiatura, montatura, ossatura, scheletro, telaio
    a structure supporting or containing something
  2. noun
    a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
    synonyms: finestrino
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    pannello, riquadro
    sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
  3. noun
    an open or empty space in or between things
    synonyms: apertura, breccia, fenditura, sbocco, scissura
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    voragine
    a deep opening in the earth's surface
    anfratto, fessura, incrinatura, pertugio, schisi, spaccatura, spacco
    a long narrow opening
    bucatura, buco, foro, orifizio, ostio
    an opening into or through something
    bocca, imboccatura
    an opening that resembles a mouth (as of a cave or a gorge)
    fessura, pertugio, spaccatura, spacco, strappo
    an opening made forcibly as by pulling apart
    abisso, baratro
    a bottomless gulf or pit; any unfathomable (or apparently unfathomable) cavity or chasm or void extending below (often used figuratively)
    screpolatura
    a crack in a lip caused usually by cold
    spiraglio
    a narrow opening as e.g. between planks in a wall
    diaclasi, movimento tettonico
    (geology) a crack in the earth's crust resulting from the displacement of one side with respect to the other
    cratere, vulcano
    a fissure in the earth's crust (or in the surface of some other planet) through which molten lava and gases erupt
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    spazio
    an empty area (usually bounded in some way between things)
  4. noun
    (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
    synonyms: finestrino
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    display, monitor, visualizzatore
    an electronic device that represents information in visual form
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