Definitions

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A bay window built in a curve.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A window built so as to project from a wall; properly, one that is in plan a segment of a circle. See bay-window.

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  • noun architecture A curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building, similar to a bay window.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

Etymologies

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From bow + window.

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