Origin: 1200-1300 Old Norse vindauga, from vindr wind + auga eye
Collocations
COLLOCATIONS►open/close/shut a window
Could you open a window?
►in the window
Suddenly a strange face appeared in the window (=on the other side of the window).
►out the window
I looked out the window and saw her car.
►the bedroom/kitchen etc. window
I was leaning out of the bedroom window.
►a window of opportunity
When I see a window of opportunity, I take advantage of it.
1BUILDING an opening in the wall of a building, car, etc., covered with glass, that lets in light and can usually be opened to let in air: open/close/shut a window Could you open a window? Suddenly a strange face appeared in the window (=on the other side of the window). I looked out the window and saw her car.the bedroom/kitchen etc. window I was leaning out of the bedroom window.2COMPUTERcomputers one of the separate areas on a computer screen where information is shown3PERIOD OF TIME a short period of time that is available for a particular activity: When I see a window of opportunity, I take advantage of it.4ENVELOPE an area on an envelope with clear plastic in it which lets you see the address written on the letter inside5go out the window informal to disappear completely, or not have any effect anymore: Any pretense of unity had gone out the window.6throw/toss something out the window to get rid of something completely or stop considering it so that it no longer has any effect7a window on the world a means of seeing and learning about the world[Origin: 1200–1300 Old Norse vindauga, from vindr wind + auga eye]