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Windross

Windross proper noun: microsoft Windows.

Proper noun (1)

Windross

  1. (slang) Microsoft Windows.
    • Like Danny, I made the difficult decision to take a close look at Windross at Xmas96. The OS is a monster it's true; but IMHO it also brings alternative ways of achieving your objectives which are, as I have tried to show, not available in the Acorn environment. Recent threads on Acorn v Windross...1998 June 10, Martin Birchall, “Sad”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)
    • The Windross user experience is awful. I migrated to the Mac, and while it's amazing to have inDesign, XPress, Photoshop, Acrobat, etc. right there, Mac OS 8/9's GUI was nothing on RISC OS and it's difficult to describe in any meaningful way Mac OS X's GUI is better than Windows - especially as the...2003 January 4, David, “Comments about Windross OS”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet)

Proper noun (2)

Windross

  1. A surname.

Examples of Windross in a sentence

  • Like Danny, I made the difficult decision to take a close look at Windross at Xmas96.1998 June 10, Martin Birchall, “Sad”, in comp.sys.acorn.misc (Usenet):
  • Windross does it's^([sic]) usual popup game: "Yay!2012 November 17, Sinister Midget, “Windwoes Dimwittery”, in comp.os.linux.advocacy (Usenet):

Origin of Windross

Blend of Windows + dross, suggesting an inferior product.

A Yorkshire surname; unexplained. P. H. Reaney and R. M. Wilson (A Dictionary of British Surnames) suggest that it is from the late placename Windros Laithe (in Flasby, North Yorkshire), but this is unlikely as it appears to take its name from the surname. May be connected with Windridge, a surname probably from Windrush (in Gloucestershire), though George Redmonds (A Dictionary of Yorkshire Surnames) states that he can find no link between these surnames.

Questions about Windross

What does Windross mean?
Windross means microsoft Windows.
How do you use Windross in a sentence?
Like Danny, I made the difficult decision to take a close look at Windross at Xmas96.
What part of speech is Windross?
Windross is a proper noun.

Words near Windross in the dictionary

  1. Windreds
  2. windroad
  3. windroads
  4. windrose
  5. windroses
  6. Windross
  7. windrow
  8. windrowed
  9. windrower
  10. windrowers
  11. windrowing

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