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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
win•dow /ˈwɪndoʊ/USA pronunciation   n. [countable]
  1. Buildingan opening in a building, vehicle, etc., for letting in air or light.
  2. Building, Architecturesuch an opening with its frame, sashes, and panes of glass.
  3. Buildingwindowpane.
  4. a period of time available or highly favorable for doing something:a window of opportunity.
  5. Computinga portion of a computer screen on which data can be displayed independent of the rest of the screen.

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
win•dow  (win′dō),USA pronunciation n. 
  1. Buildingan opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass.
  2. Building, Architecturesuch an opening with the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or any other device, by which it is closed.
  3. Buildingthe frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or the like, intended to fit such an opening:Finally the builders put in the windows.
  4. Buildinga windowpane.
  5. anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope, displaying the address.
  6. a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something:Investors have a window of perhaps six months before interest rates rise.
  7. Militarychaff1 (def. 5).
  8. Geologyfenster.
  9. Drugs[Pharm.]the drug dosage range that results in a therapeutic effect, a lower dose being insufficient and a higher dose being toxic.
  10. Aerospace
    • See launch window. 
    • a specific area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must reenter to arrive safely at its planned destination.
  11. Computinga section of a display screen that can be created for viewing information from another part of a file or from another file:The split screen feature enables a user to create two or more windows.

v.t. 
  1. Buildingto furnish with a window or windows.
  2. [Obs.]to display or put in a window.
  • Old Norse vindauga, equivalent. to vindr wind1 + auga eye
  • Middle English windoge, windowe 1175–1225
win′dow•less, adj. 
win′dow•y, adj. 

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
window / ˈwɪndəʊ/
  1. a light framework, made of timber, metal, or plastic, that contains glass or glazed opening frames and is placed in a wall or roof to let in light or air or to see through
    Related adjective(s): fenestral
  2. an opening in the wall or roof of a building that is provided to let in light or air or to see through
  3. See windowpane
  4. the display space in and directly behind a shop window: the dress in the window
  5. any opening or structure resembling a window in function or appearance, such as the transparent area of an envelope revealing an address within
  6. an opportunity to see or understand something usually unseen: a window on the workings of Parliament
  7. a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, etc
  8. short for launch window, weather window
  9. a region of the spectrum in which a medium transmits electromagnetic radiation
  10. an area of a VDU display that may be manipulated separately from the rest of the display area; typically different files can be displayed simultaneously in different overlapping windows
  11. (modifier) of or relating to a window or windows: a window ledge
  12. out of the window ⇒ dispensed with; disregarded
  1. (transitive) to furnish with or as if with windows
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr wind1 + auga eye1
'window frame' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
awning window - bedding - blind casing - box frame - casement - chassis - frame - hanging stile - hopper frame - horn - jamb - pocket piece - pulley stile - safety belt - scuncheon - stile - stop bead - window box - window sash - yoke
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