"window" - meanings, definitions, synonyms, thesaurus and antonyms

\Win"dow\, n. [OE. windowe, windoge, Icel. vindauga
window, properly, wind eye; akin to Dan. vindue. ????. See
{Wind}, n., and {Eye}.]
1. An opening in the wall of a building for the admission of
   light and air, usually closed by casements or sashes
   containing some transparent material, as glass, and
   capable of being opened and shut at pleasure.

         I leaped from the window of the citadel. --Shak.

         Then to come, in spite of sorrow, And at my window
         bid good morrow.                      --Milton.

2. (Arch.) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or
   other framework, which closes a window opening.

3. A figure formed of lines crossing each other. [R.]

         Till he has windows on his bread and butter. --King.



{French window} (Arch.), a casement window in two folds,
   usually reaching to the floor; -- called also {French
   casement}.

{Window back} (Arch.), the inside face of the low, and
   usually thin, piece of wall between the window sill and
   the floor below.

{Window blind}, a blind or shade for a window.

{Window bole}, part of a window closed by a shutter which can
   be opened at will. [Scot.]

{Window box}, one of the hollows in the sides of a window
   frame for the weights which counterbalance a lifting sash.



{Window frame}, the frame of a window which receives and
   holds the sashes or casement.

{Window glass}, panes of glass for windows; the kind of glass
   used in windows.

{Window martin} (Zo["o]l.), the common European martin.
   [Prov. Eng.]

{Window oyster} (Zo["o]l.), a marine bivalve shell ({Placuna
   placenta}) native of the East Indies and China. Its valves
   are very broad, thin, and translucent, and are said to
   have been used formerly in place of glass.

{Window pane}.
   (a) (Arch.) See {Pane}, n., 3
   (b) .
   (b) (Zo["o]l.) See {Windowpane}, in the Vocabulary.

{Window sash}, the sash, or light frame, in which panes of
   glass are set for windows.

{Window seat}, a seat arranged in the recess of a window. See
   {Window stool}, under {Stool}.

{Window shade}, a shade or blind for a window; usually, one
   that is hung on a roller.

{Window shell} (Zo["o]l.), the window oyster.

{Window shutter}, a shutter or blind used to close or darken
   windows.

{Window sill} (Arch.), the flat piece of wood, stone, or the
   like, at the bottom of a window frame.

{Window swallow} (Zo["o]l.), the common European martin.
   [Prov. Eng.]

{Window tax}, a tax or duty formerly levied on all windows,
   or openings for light, above the number of eight in houses
   standing in cities or towns. [Eng.]

\Win"dow\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Windowed}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Windowing}.]
1. To furnish with windows.

2. To place at or in a window. [R.]

         Wouldst thou be windowed in great Rome and see Thy
         master thus with pleach'd arms, bending down His
         corrigible neck?                      --Shak.