Windex
Windex noun: a window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
Noun (1)
Windex (uncountable)
- A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
- Synonyms:
- Windolene
Verb
Windex (third-person singular simple present Windexes, present participle Windexing, simple past and past participle Windexed)
- To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind.
- But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror.1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164
- Back on the twenty-third floor, he found Nguyet Windexing the kitchen window with what appeared to be the last of the paper towels.1987, Armistead Maupin, “Descent into Heaven”, in Significant Others, New York: Harper & Row, page 11
Noun (2)
Windex (plural Windexes)
Synonyms of Windex
- Windolene
Forms of Windex
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | Windexes |
| present participle | Windexing |
| past participle | Windexed |
| past | Windexed |
| Noun | |
| plural | Windexes |
Origin of Windex
From a trade name, derived from window.
From a brand of mast-top wind indicator for sailing boats, derived from wind.
Questions about Windex
- What does Windex mean?
- Windex means a window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
- What part of speech is Windex?
- Windex can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of Windex?
- The plural of Windex is Windexes.
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