WINDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does window mean? 

• WINDOW (noun)
  The noun WINDOW has 8 senses:

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

2. a transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened

3. a transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material

4. an opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

5. the time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

6. a pane of glass in a window

7. an opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served

8. (computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

  Familiarity information: WINDOW used as a noun is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

frame; framework (a structure supporting or containing something)

Meronyms (parts of "window"):

sash fastener; sash lock; window lock (a lock attached to the sashes of a double hung window that can fix both in the shut position)

window; windowpane (a pane of glass in a window)

window frame (the framework that supports a window)

case; casing (the enclosing frame around a door or window opening)

sash; window sash (a framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame)

pane; pane of glass; window glass (sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors)

mullion (a nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen))

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

jalousie; louvered window (a window with glass louvers)

fanlight; transom; transom window (a window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door)

storm sash; storm window (a window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter)

stained-glass window (a window made of stained glass)

sliding window (a window that opens by sliding horizontally)

fanlight; skylight (a window in a roof to admit daylight)

sash window (a window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air)

rose window; rosette (circular window filled with tracery)

porthole (a window in a ship or airplane)

pivoting window (a window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically)

picture window (a large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view))

oeil de boeuf (a circular or oval window; 17th or 18th century French architecture)

lancet window (a narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery)

fanlight (a semicircular window over a door or window; usually has sash bars like the ribs of a fan)

double-hung window (a window having two sashes that slide up and down)

double glazing (a window with two panes of glass and a space between them; reduces heat and noise transmission through the window)

dormer window (the window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window)

dormer; dormer window (a gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window)

display window; shop window; shopwindow; show window (a window of a store facing onto the street; used to display merchandise for sale in the store)

clearstory; clerestory (part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light)

casement window (a window with one or more casements)

bay window; bow window (a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house)

Holonyms ("window" is a part of...):

building; edifice (a structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A transparent opening in a vehicle that allow vision out of the sides or back; usually is capable of being opened

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

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

car window (a window in a car)

Holonyms ("window" is a part of...):

autobus; bus; charabanc; coach; double-decker; jitney; motorbus; motorcoach; omnibus; passenger vehicle (a vehicle carrying many passengers; used for public transport)

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A transparent panel (as of an envelope) inserted in an otherwise opaque material

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

panel (sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something)

Holonyms ("window" is a part of...):

window envelope (an envelope with a transparent panel that reveals the address on the enclosure)

Sense 4

Meaning:

An opening that resembles a window in appearance or function

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)

Context example:

he could see them through a window in the trees

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

gap; opening (an open or empty space in or between things)

Sense 5

Meaning:

The time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Context example:

they had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded

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

period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)

Sense 6

Meaning:

A pane of glass in a window

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

window; windowpane

Context example:

the ball shattered the window

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

pane; pane of glass; window glass (sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors)

Holonyms ("window" is a part 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)

Sense 7

Meaning:

An opening in a wall or screen that admits light and air and through which customers can be served

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Context example:

he stuck his head in the window

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

opening (a vacant or unobstructed space that is man-made)

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

ticket window (a window through which tickets are sold (as from a ticket booth))

Sense 8

Meaning:

(computer science) a rectangular part of a computer screen that contains a display different from the rest of the screen

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

display; video display (an electronic device that represents information in visual form)

Domain category:

computer science; computing (the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures)

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

dialog box; panel ((computer science) a small temporary window in a graphical user interface that appears in order to request information from the user; after the information has been provided the user dismisses the box with 'okay' or 'cancel')

foreground ((computer science) a window for an active application)

Holonyms ("window" is a part of...):

computer display; computer screen (a screen used to display the output of a computer to the user)

 Context examples 

He hesitated, got up, walked to a window.

(Emma, by Jane Austen)

“I’ll knock at the window.”

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Shut the window, like a good boy, and wait till I come.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

The window at which he stood was at the other end of the room from where the two ladies were sitting, and though nearer to Captain Wentworth's table, not very near.

(Persuasion, by Jane Austen)

You look through the window for one second, or for two seconds, you see something, and you go on your way.

(Love of Life and Other Stories, by Jack London)

Scarcely had she so determined it, when the figure of a man on horseback drew her eyes to the window.

(Sense and Sensibility, by Jane Austen)

“Sure enough, they left their glim here,” said the fellow from the window.

(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)

When she brought it into the Throne Room she spoke the magic words, and soon the band of Winged Monkeys flew in through the open window and stood beside her.

(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)

This window on the left is the one which opens into Oldacre’s room.

(The Return of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

You look quite red, as if you had been about some mischief: what were you opening the window for?

(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)