Collocations for "window"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "window" in context.
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window
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- a [new, pop-up, computer, split] window
- the [shop, car, kitchen, bedroom, living room, office] window
- [French, colonial, double-pane] windows
- [open, close] the window
- would you mind [opening] the window?
- broke the window
- [put in, place] a window
- [look, stare, lean] out (of, from) the window
- a window to [view, see, observe, allow light]
- a window for [viewing]
- a window to the [world, future, outside]
- a window of six [weeks, months] to
- a window in my [agenda, week, schedule, diary]
- have an open window at [3:00]
- a (short) window of opportunity
- on the window ledge, sill
- a window [box, decoration, display, mannequin]
- is [just, only, little more than, mere] window dressing
- [is, works as] a window [cleaner, dresser]
- go window-shopping
'window' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
French
- aisle
- alley
- appear
- armchair
- bang
- bar
- bastard
- bat
- bead
- beating
- bedroom
- before
- beggar
- beneath
- blind
- board
- boarding
- break
- broken
- browser
- casing
- cigarette
- cleaner
- cleaning
- clearly
- climb
- cling
- close
- collect
- come
- covering
- crack
- crank
- creep
- devil
- display
- dizziness
- dot
- drift
- drip
- dummy
- each
- eavesdrop
- expand
- facing
- fasten
- film
- filter
- finger