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bay window

nounB2Not compared — the two pools are counted one word at a time, so a phrase has no score

A bay window is a window that projects outward from the wall. A wide bay window.

It gathers more light and gives a view along the street as well as across it. A bay window adds floor space and is the first thing to leak when the roof over it fails.

J.-H. Janßen · CC BY-SA 4.0

Definitions of bay window

  1. 1nounbay windowA window that projects outward from the wall.B2

    “The bay window took the whole front of the room.”

bay window is a window.

Where it comes from

Bay plus window, where bay meant an opening between columns.

  1. Middle English

    baywyndow

  2. English, today

    bay window

From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Buildings & Architecture

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