ALL meanings of window
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W w - noun window an opening in the wall of a building, the side of a vehicle, etc., for the admission of air or light, or both, commonly fitted with a frame in which are set movable sashes containing panes of glass. 1
- noun window such an opening with the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or any other device, by which it is closed. 1
- noun window the frame, sashes, and panes of glass, or the like, intended to fit such an opening: Finally the builders put in the windows. 1
- noun window a windowpane. 1
- noun window anything likened to a window in appearance or function, as a transparent section in an envelope, displaying the address. 1
- noun window a period of time regarded as highly favorable for initiating or completing something: Investors have a window of perhaps six months before interest rates rise. 1
- noun window Military. chaff1 (def 5). 1
- noun window Geology. fenster. 1
- noun window Pharmacology. the drug dosage range that results in a therapeutic effect, a lower dose being insufficient and a higher dose being toxic. 1
- noun window Aerospace. launch window. a specific area at the outer limits of the earth's atmosphere through which a spacecraft must reenter to arrive safely at its planned destination. 1
- noun window An opening in the wall or roof of a building or vehicle that is fitted with glass or other transparent material in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out. 1
- noun window Computers. a section of a display screen that can be created for viewing information from another part of a file or from another file: The split screen feature enables a user to create two or more windows. 1
- verb with object window to furnish with a window or windows. 1
- verb with object window Obsolete. to display or put in a window. 1
- noun window opening in wall, etc. 1
- noun window glass 1
- noun window period of opportunity 1
- noun window computers 1
- noun window shop: window display 1
- noun window ticket office: counter 1
- noun window on an envelope 1
- noun window vision 1
- noun window period for launching spacecraft 1
- countable noun window A window is a space in the wall of a building or in the side of a vehicle, which has glass in it so that light can come in and you can see out. 0
- countable noun window A window is a large piece of glass along the front of a shop, behind which some of the goods that the shop sells are displayed. 0
- countable noun window A window is a glass-covered opening above a counter, for example in a bank, post office, railway station, or museum, which the person serving you sits behind. 0
- countable noun window On a computer screen, a window is one of the work areas that the screen can be divided into. 0
- countable noun window If you have a window in your diary for something, or if you can make a window for it, you are free at a particular time and can do it then. 0
- noun window a light framework, made of timber, metal, or plastic, that contains glass or glazed opening frames and is placed in a wall or roof to let in light or air or to see through 0
- noun window an opening in the wall or roof of a building that is provided to let in light or air or to see through 0
- noun window the display space in and directly behind a shop window 0
- noun window any opening or structure resembling a window in function or appearance, such as the transparent area of an envelope revealing an address within 0
- noun window an opportunity to see or understand something usually unseen 0
- noun window a period of unbooked time in a diary, schedule, etc 0
- noun window a region of the spectrum in which a medium transmits electromagnetic radiation 0
- noun window an area of a VDU display that may be manipulated separately from the rest of the display area; typically different files can be displayed simultaneously in different overlapping windows 0
- noun window of or relating to a window or windows 0
- verb window to furnish with or as if with windows 0
- noun window an opening in a building, vehicle, or container, for letting in light or air or for looking through, usually having a pane or panes of glass, etc. set in a frame or sash that is generally movable so that it can be opened and shut 0
- noun window any of these panes, or the sash or sashes in their casement 0
- noun window any similar opening, as that before a bank teller 0
- noun window an opening, period of time, etc. for access 0
- noun window the transparent panel of a window envelope 0
- noun window any device put into the atmosphere to yield a perceptible radar echo, usually used for tracking an airborne object or as a tracer of wind 0
- noun window chaff (sense 4) 0
- noun window launch window 0
- noun window any portion of the frequency spectrum of the earth's atmosphere through which light, heat, or radio waves can penetrate to the earth's surface due to the low absorption or dissipation of electromagnetic energy in this particular portion 0
- noun window any of the separate data displays appearing simultaneously on a single video screen in certain systems 0
- verb transitive window to provide with a window or windows 0
- noun window An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle. 0