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windowpane

[ win-doh-peyn ]

noun

  1. a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
  2. a flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, occurring along the Atlantic coast of North America, characterized by the thinness and translucency of its body.


adjective

  1. designating or having a large, regular design of intersecting lines resembling a series of windowpanes:

    a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

  1. a sheet of glass in a window
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of windowpane1

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane
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Example Sentences

Bozell used a metal object to shatter the windowpane of the Senate Wing Door.

Mr. Cranston, a large, shapeless man anyway, in a bowler hat and his windowpane plaid greatcoat under his life preserver.

Walking up the stairwell, he pointed to where a sniper round punched through a windowpane.

Gia removed one of Fournier’s watches from her pocket, and when she opened the lid, brown night moths froze flat against the windowpane.

The plane, an Airbus A321, had four damaged windowpanes, including two that were completely missing, as it took off from London Stansted Airport on Oct.

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