English > window: 8 senses > noun 1, artifact| 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. |
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| Part of | building, edifice | A structure that has a roof and walls and stands more or less permanently in one place |
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| Parts | casing, case | The enclosing frame around a door or window opening |
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| mullion | A nonstructural vertical strip between the casements or panes of a window (or the panels of a screen) |
| pane, pane of glass, window glass | sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors |
| sash, window sash | A framework that holds the panes of a window in the window frame |
| 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 frame | The framework that supports a window |
| windowpane, window | A pane of glass in a window |
| Narrower | bay window, bow window | A window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house |
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| casement window | A window with one or more casements |
| clerestory, clearstory | Part of an interior wall rising above the adjacent roof with windows admitting light |
| display window, shop window, shopwindow, show window | A window of a store facing / facing onto the street |
| dormer, dormer window | A gabled extension built out from a sloping roof to accommodate a vertical window |
| dormer window | The window in a gabled extension built to accommodate a window |
| 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 |
| fanlight | A semicircular window over a door or window |
| lancet window | A narrow window having a lancet arch and without tracery |
| louvered window, jalousie | A window with glass louvers |
| oeil de boeuf | A circular or oval window |
| picture window | A large window with a single pane (usually overlooking a view) |
| pivoting window | A window that opens by pivoting either horizontally or vertically |
| porthole | A window in a ship or airplane |
| rose window, rosette | Circular window filled with tracery |
| sash window | A window with (usually two) sashes that slide vertically to let in air |
| skylight, fanlight | A window in a roof to admit daylight |
| sliding window | A window that open by sliding horizontally |
| stained-glass window | A window made of stained glass |
| storm window, storm sash | A window outside an ordinary window to protect against severe weather or winter |
| transom, transom window, fanlight | A window above a door that is usually hinged to a horizontal crosspiece over the door |
| Broader | framework, frame | A structure supporting or containing something |
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| Spanish | ventana |
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| Catalan | finestra |
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| Adjectives | fenestral | of or relating to windows |
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