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windowless

windowless adjective: having no windows, especially no external windows.

Adjective

windowless (not comparable)

  1. Having no windows, especially no external windows.
    • Billionaire Charlie Munger’s controversial plans for a massive, windowless dorm at the University of California, Santa Barbara has left many wondering – how is this even possible?2021 November 2, Ramishah Maruf, “Here’s what it’s like to live in one of Charlie Munger’s windowless dorms”, in CNN Business
    • "There are windowless seats / wheelchair spaces at each end of the coach where the (exterior) sliding door slides between the exterior skin and the interior trim. [...] "My photo is in coach G, the Standard buffet coach, where there's an even longer windowless section."2022 March 23, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 953, page 71
    Synonyms:
    unfenestrated

Synonyms of windowless

Antonyms

Origin of windowless

From Middle English wyndowles, equivalent to window + -less.

Words formed from windowless

Questions about windowless

What does windowless mean?
Windowless means having no windows, especially no external windows.
What part of speech is windowless?
Windowless is an adjective.

Words near windowless in the dictionary

  1. windowing over
  2. windowing system
  3. windowing systems
  4. windowing up
  5. windowings
  6. windowless
  7. windowlessness
  8. windowlet
  9. windowlets
  10. windowlicker
  11. windowlickers

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