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WINDOW PANE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does window pane mean?
• WINDOW PANE (noun)
The noun WINDOW PANE has 1 sense:
1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Familiarity information: WINDOW PANE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
acid; back breaker; battery-acid; dose; dot; Elvis; loony toons; Lucy in the sky with diamonds; pane; superman; window pane; Zen
Hypernyms ("window pane" is a kind of...):
LSD; lysergic acid diethylamide (a powerful hallucinogenic drug manufactured from lysergic acid)
Context examples
"That's an advertisement," Michaelis assured him. Something made him turn away from the window and look back into the room. But Wilson stood there a long time, his face close to the window pane, nodding into the twilight.
(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)
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