Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
- noun A pattern of thin lines forming large squares on a background of a different color.
- noun Slang LSD.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One of the oblong or square plates of glass set in a window-frame.
- noun The sand-flounder.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Arch.) See
pane , n., (3) b. - noun (Zoöl.) A thin, spotted American turbot (
Pleuronectes maculatus ) remarkable for its translucency. It is not valued as a food fish. Called alsospotted turbot ,daylight ,spotted sand flounder , andwater flounder .
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun a piece of
glass filling awindow or asection of a window - noun slang A quadruple dose of liquid
LSD .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
- noun very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
- noun a pane of glass in a window
Etymologies
Sorry, no etymologies found.
Support
Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word windowpane.
Examples
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
Book Awards 2009
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
Book Awards 2009
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
November 2008 2008
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
-
Told in windowpane prose, this story reads as if it has come up through our collective memory.
November 2008 2008
-
Somehow a windowpane is not thick enough for comfort when a male lion is staring right at you. posted by Jennifer | 9: 03 AM
Archive 2007-01-01 Jennifer 2007
-
Somehow a windowpane is not thick enough for comfort when a male lion is staring right at you. posted by Jennifer | 9: 03 AM
Pictures in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are Jennifer 2007
-
So I can't jump, I mused, but I can break a windowpane and take the edge to my neck.
Wake Up, Sir! Jonathan Ames 2004
-
The final reason for Orwell's popularity is his 'windowpane' writing.
Orwell Now 1997
Comments
Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.