window blind
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Also see: blind
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
window/ˈwɪndəʊ/
▶noun
- 1 an opening in a wall or roof, fitted with glass in a frame to admit light or air and allow people to see out.
■ an opening through which customers are served in a bank, ticket office, etc.
■ a space behind the window of a shop where goods are displayed.
■ (a window on/into/to) a means of observing and learning about.
- 2 a transparent panel in an envelope to show an address.
- 3 Computing a framed area on a display screen for viewing information.
- 4 an interval or opportunity for action.
- 5 Physics a range of electromagnetic wavelengths for which a medium (especially the atmosphere) is transparent.
- 6 strips of metal foil dispersed in the air to obstruct radar detection.
■ [military code word.]
– phrases
go out (of) the window informal (of a plan or behaviour) be abandoned or cease to exist.windows of the soul the eyes.
go out (of) the window informal (of a plan or behaviour) be abandoned or cease to exist.windows of the soul the eyes.
– derivatives
windowed adjective,
windowless adjective.
windowed adjective,
windowless adjective.
– origin ME: from ON vindauga, from vindr ‘wind’ + auga ‘eye’.
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