window

Syllables: win·dow/ˈwɪndəʊ/

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Scotland/ˈwɪndo/

window noun: an opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

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Noun

window (countable and uncountable, plural windows)

An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
- She opened the window to let some air in.
- But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon...1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or...1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC
The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
(figuratively) A period of time when something is available or possible; a limited opportunity.
- launch window
- window of opportunity
(figuratively) Something that allows one to see through or into something.
- His journal provides a rare window into his otherwise obscure life.
- Then we read Spear's confrontational commentary on the "Richard Pryor Incident" from the Black perspective...and suddenly we began to feel that GCN's window on the Gay World was something we couldn't live without since no other Gay Media voice seemed so speaking.1977 December 17, Circle of Loving Companions, “Critical Friends”, in Gay Community News, volume 5, number 24, page 4
A restricted range.
- In this case, a band-pass filter using a range or window of frequencies is appropriate to isolate the frequency or the group of frequencies that characterize a specific cycle.2015, Patrick R. Nicolas, Scala for Machine Learning, page 109
A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of user interface, displaying output and allowing input, often for a single task in a multitasking system.
A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
- till he has windows on his bread and butter1709, William King, Art of Cookery
The time between first infection and detectability.
(historical, uncountable) Synonym of chaff (“strips of material intended to confuse radar”)

Synonyms:

chaff
A function multiplied with a signal to reduce spectral leakage when performing a Fourier transform.
A fenster: a geologic or tectonic window.
- […]the Hohe Tauern window. In the transverse depression between the windows, the Silvretta Nappe disappears almost entirely underneath the Oetztal Nappe. The southern margin of the Northern Limestone zone is formed by the "Greywacke zone" of[…]1927, Léon William Collet, The Structure of the Alps, page 232

Verb

window (third-person singular simple present windows, present participle windowing, simple past and past participle windowed)

(transitive) To furnish with windows.
(transitive) To place at or in a window.
- Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see / Thy master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down / His corrigible neck?c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard...
(transitive) To apply a window function to (a signal).

window meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

window in Hindi

opening for light and air: खिड़की khiṛkī, बारी bārī, झरोखा jharokhā, वातायन vātāyan, जालक jālak

window in Tamil

opening for light and air: சன்னல் caṉṉal, சாளரம் cāḷaram, ஜன்னல் jaṉṉal

window in Marathi

opening for light and air: खिडकी khiḍkī
area on a computer screen: विंडो viṇḍo

window in Urdu

opening for light and air: کِھڑْکی khiṛkī, دَرِیچَہ darīca

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window in Bengali: জানালা janala
window in Telugu: కిటికీ kiṭikī
window in Malayalam: ജനൽ janal, ജാലകം jālakaṁ, വാതായനം vātāyanaṁ
window in Kannada: ಕಿಟಕಿ kiṭaki
window in Punjabi: ਖਿੜਕੀ khiṛkī, ਬਾਰੀ bārī, ਤਾਕੀ tākī
window in Gujarati: બારી bārī
window in Odia: ଝରକା jharakā
window in Sanskrit: वातायन vātāyana
window in Sinhala: ජනේලය janēlaya
window in Assamese: খিৰিকী khiriki
window in Nepali: झ्याल jhyāl
window in Pashto: کړکۍ karhkay, پنجره panjara
window in Tagalog: durungawan, bintana
window in Arabic: نَافِذَة nāfiḏa, شُبَّاك šubbāk, طَاقَة ṭāqa, شباك arz
window in Malay: tingkap, jendela, tetingkap
window in Indonesian: ventilasi, jendela
window in Persian: کِلْکِین kilkīn, پَنْجَرِه panjare, دَریچِه dariče
window in Thai: หน้าต่าง nâa-dtàang, วินโดว์
window in Vietnamese: cửa sổ
window in Myanmar: ပြတင်းပေါက် pra.tang:pauk, လေသာပေါက် lesapauk
Sindhi: کِڙڪيِ khirkī, دري dre
Dhivehi: ކުޑަ ދޮރު kuḍa doru

Examples of window in a sentence

You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air.1952, L. F. Salzman, Building in England, page 173:
Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime.1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams.1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
But rescuers have a dwindling window of opportunity, with forecasters predicting the return of heavy monsoon rains in the coming days, effectively sealing off the cave until October.2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 08 Jul...

All 40 example sentences with window

Synonyms of window

chaff
glass

Forms of window

Noun
plural	windows
Verb
third-person singular present	windows
present participle	windowing
past participle	windowed
past	windowed

Plural of window: windows

Origin of window

From Middle English wyndowe, wyndown, from Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent to wind + eye. Cognate with Scots windae and windock, Faroese vindeyga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauge, Danish vindue, archaic Swedish vindöga, Elfdalian windog. Displaced native Old English ēagþȳrel (literally “eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant is eyethurl (“window, pupil, etc.”)). The “windows” among early Germanic peoples were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through .

Words formed from window

anabolic window
awning window
bay window
boob window
bow window
broken window
broken windows theory
cabinet window
casement window
Catherine-wheel window
cochlear window
coffin window
compass window
dialog window
dormer-window
dormer window
dormant window
drop window
electric window
fly window
French window
gable window
garret window
gold window
go out of the window
go out the window
Jesse window
Johari window
Judas window
Kaiser window
lancet window
lattice window
launch window
loop-window
low side window
lucarne window
luthern window
luthern-window
maintenance window
make a better door than a window
marigold window
mezzanine window
mullion window
multiwindow
Norman window
not have a pot to piss in or a window to throw it out of
ogive window
one-window
opera window
opportunity window
oriel window
out of the window
out the window
oval window
Overton window
palette window
Palladian window
pasta window
picture window
process window index

Phrases with window

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Words that rhyme with window

Sindo

Questions about window

What does window mean?: Window means an opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.
What is window in Hindi?: Window in Hindi is खिड़की (khiṛkī), बारी (bārī), झरोखा (jharokhā). See Window meaning in Hindi.
How do you use window in a sentence?: You have a two-hour window of clear weather to finish working on the lawn.
What part of speech is window?: Window can be a noun or a verb.
How do you pronounce window?: Window is pronounced /ˈwɪndəʊ/ (UK).
What is the plural of window?: The plural of window is windows.

Words near window in the dictionary

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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