windowglass
windowglass noun: a windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively).
Noun
windowglass (countable and uncountable, plural windowglasses)
- A windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively).
- At first he contented himself by flattening his nose against the window-glasses of his study, and looking what the Englander was about.1852, William Makepeace Thackeray, “Dorothea”, in The Confessions of Fitz-Boodle; and Some Passages in the Life of Major Gahagan, New York: Appleton, page 138
- Now we behold the embers flee
About the firelit hearth; and see
Our faces painted as we pass,
Like pictures, on the window-glass.1885, Robert Louis Stevenson, “North-west Passage: Good Night”, in A Child’s Garden of Verses, London: Longmans, Green & Co, page 50
Forms of windowglass
| plural | windowglasses |
|---|---|
| alternative form | window-glass |
| alternative form | window glass |
Origin of windowglass
From window + glass.
Questions about windowglass
- What does windowglass mean?
- Windowglass means a windowpane; the glass comprising a windowpane; the windowpanes in a building (collectively).
- What part of speech is windowglass?
- Windowglass is a noun.
- What is the plural of windowglass?
- The plural of windowglass is windowglasses.
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