BOW WINDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bow window mean? 

• BOW WINDOW (noun)
  The noun BOW WINDOW has 1 sense:

1. a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

  Familiarity information: BOW WINDOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOW WINDOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

bay window; bow window

Hypernyms ("bow window" is a kind of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bow window"):

oriel; oriel window (a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall)