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View synonyms for rose window

rose window

noun

  1. a circular window decorated with tracery symmetrical about the center.


rose window

noun

  1. a circular window, esp one that has ornamental tracery radiating from the centre to form a symmetrical roselike pattern Also calledwheel windowrosette
“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 rose window1

First recorded in 1765–75
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Example Sentences

Lego, the biggest toy company in the world, on Saturday released a model of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame, complete with rose windows, bell towers and a central spire surrounded by statues.

Rowan LeCompte, a Baltimore-born artisan, created more than three dozen windows for the cathedral, including the west rose window, which depicts the creation of Earth as an explosive abstraction of color and light.

The medieval rose windows have been left in place, but much of the rest of the stained glass was removed and is now being cleaned by specialists in workshops around the country.

From BBC

As a boy he had stood in awe of the High Gothic cathedral, its massive rose window, its imposing gallery of kings.

The church's two rose windows and an intricately carved stone screen panel that once joined the sides of an arch have been pieced together.

From Reuters

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