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Window

noun

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

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

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

An opening that resembles a window in appearance or function.

The time period that is considered best for starting or finishing something. "They had a window of less than an hour when an attack would have succeeded"

A pane of glass in a window. Synonym: windowpane.

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

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

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"Window" Quotes from Famous Books

... with, 'You are one of Miss Macpherson's' boys.' He was fed and lodged, and strange to say, next day we were led, in the course of our journey, to cross that very ferry. The young runaway seeing us from the window exclaimed, 'Oh! here comes Mr. Thorn,' and would have hidden away from our sight, knowing he was doing wrong, for he would not understand that we were his friends, willing to help and love him. Oh, may all ...

— God's Answers - A Record Of Miss Annie Macpherson's Work at the - Home of Industry, Spitalfields, London, and in Canada • Clara M. S. Lowe

... had also beaten Father Bonet. Villa started to do likewise but was too tired, having exhausted his energies on Father Blanco. While the tortures were going on, the convento was completely sacked. Father Blanco's library was thrown out of the window. ...

— The Philippines: Past and Present (vol. 1 of 2) • Dean C. Worcester

... her window before she slept, that she might breathe the cool night air; and, as she leaned out, she heard steps moving away, and knew them to be Robert's, in whom that pressure of her hand had cruelly resuscitated his longing ...

— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... air was burdened with savory odors suggestive of feastings to come. Mrs. McAlister came back from a final survey of the corner house, made her eleventh tour of the parlor, dining-room and kitchen at The Savins, and then took her stand at the front window where she tapped restlessly on the glass and swayed the curtain to and fro impatiently. She was not a nervous woman; but to-night her mood demanded constant action. Moreover, it was only an hour and a quarter before the train was due. If she were not ...

— Phebe, Her Profession - A Sequel to Teddy: Her Book • Anna Chapin Ray

... almost mechanically Berger's "Amoureuse" valse and some dreamy music from The Merry Widow, when she suddenly stopped and sat back with her eyes fixed out of the window upon ...

— The House of Whispers • William Le Queux

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