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Window
Today’s word is River.
What it means
- noun
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.
“She opened the window to let some air in.”
- noun
An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.
- noun
The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window opening.
Where it comes from
Window comes from Old Norse vindauga, a joining of wind and eye. To those speakers, a window was an eye for the wind: an opening in the wall. English took the word from Norse settlers in the north. An older English name for the same opening faded once window was in the language.
In a sentence
- I closed the window.by CK, Tatoeba
- We broke the window.by Miktsoanit, Tatoeba
- This window is stuck.by CK, Tatoeba
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