Window I ˈwɪndəʊ People Glass Extra Examples Area

• she looked out of the window.
• he saw her through the rear window of the car.
• to open/close the window
• the bedroom/kitchen/car window

window

1. an opening in the wall or roof of a building, car, etc., usually covered with glass, that allows light and air to come in and people to see out; the glass in a window
• SEE ALSO bay window
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• She looked out of the window.
• He saw her through the rear window of the car.
• to open/close the window
• the bedroom/kitchen/car window
• a broken window
• The burglars smashed a window to get in.

Extra Examples

• All the windows blew out with the force of the blast.
• All the windows in the prison are barred.
• He was standing at the window waiting for us.
• How does the window open?
• I rolled down the window to ask for directions.
• I sat by the window to get some air.
• It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out of the window.
• No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house.
• She gazed out of the window at the falling snow.
• The windows all steam up when you have a shower.
• The windows glinted in the sunlight.
• The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her.
• The windows rattle when a train goes past.
• There was a vase of flowers in the window.
• There was evidence that the window had been forced.
• They threw a brick through the window.
• We caught sight of him in the window as we passed.
• a studio with windows looking out on the park
• Keep all doors and windows closed.
• a stained glass window
• There was a view of the sky through open windows.
• She could see a field of sunflowers just outside her window.
• The flat has windows onto streets on two sides.
• A bullet shattered the window to her room.
• We get our windows cleaned every two months.
2. the glass at the front of a shop and the area behind it where goods are shown to the public
• I saw the dress I wanted in the window.
• a window display

Extra Examples

• I found her looking in the window of a department store.
• There was a sign in the window advertising for staff.
3. a small area of something that you can see through, for example to talk to somebody or read something on the other side
• There was a long line of people at the box-office window.
• We tapped on the window to get their attention.
• The address must be clearly visible through the window of the envelope.
4. an area within a frame on a computer screen, in which a particular program is operating or in which information of a particular type is shown
• to create/open a window

Extra Examples

• Click on the window to make it active.
• If you close a couple of windows, the screen will be less cluttered.
• When you click on a link, a separate browser window opens for the new page.
5. a way of seeing and learning about something
• Television is a sort of window on the world.
• It gave me an intriguing window into the way people live.
6. a time when there is an opportunity to do something, although it may not last long
• We now have a small window of opportunity in which to make our views known.
• Do you have a window next Monday?
7. to stop existing; to disappear completely
• As soon as the kids arrived, order went out of the window.

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old Norse vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.