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US
/ˈwɪndoʊ/
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[ UK /wˈɪndəʊ/ ]
[ UK /wˈɪndəʊ/ ]
NOUN
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an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served
he stuck his head in the window -
a pane of glass in a window
the ball shattered the window -
an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function
he could see them through a window in the trees - a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened
- (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen
- a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material
- a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
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the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something
they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded
the expanded window will give us time to catch the thieves
How To Use window In A Sentence
- It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
- Having drop-dead gorgeous, private, windowed offices makes it a lot easier to recruit the kinds of superstars that produce ten times as much as the merely brilliant software developers.
- Should we no do a little what you call shopping for the babies, and haf a farewell feast tonight if I go for my last call at your so pleasant home?" he asked, stopping before a window full of fruit and flowers. Little Women
- Every large town will have quite a few horologers and jewelers with a vast selection of fancy watches displayed their windows, with huge price tags to go with them.
- One thing he does is get up to a little competitive devilry by unveiling the Google Pack, a parcel of software programs that you can download for free (if you have a Windows PC).
- The software is also a great customization solution for those who would like to alter the look and feel of the Finder, Dock and login window, making it easy to prebind and re-prebind their entire system or selected folders, run cron scripts, change startup mode and language, force empty trash, update "whatis," locate databases, and so on. Softpedia News - Global
- Britain has a window of opportunity to bring her coastline alive again. Times, Sunday Times
- A window slammed shut in the wind.
- That's when I noticed the little sticker on the window explaining the purpose of the ‘Child Safety Lock’.
- The chapel or church claims greater antiquity than any other in that part of the kingdom; but there is no appearance of this in the external aspect of the present edifice, unless it be in the two eastern windows, which remain unmodernized, and in the lower part of the steeple. The Life of Charlotte Bronte