WINDOW BLIND

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does window blind mean? 

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

1. a blind for privacy or to keep out light

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• WINDOW BLIND (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A blind for privacy or to keep out light

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

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

blind; screen (a protective covering that keeps things out or hinders sight)

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

Venetian blind (a window blind made of horizontal strips that overlap when closed)

window shade (an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window)

 Context examples 

The window blind blew back with the wind that rushed in, and in the aperture of the broken panes there was the head of a great, gaunt grey wolf.

(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)