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Bay window

noun, slang

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
  2. 2
    a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house wordnet
  3. 3
    A protruding belly. figuratively, slang

    "Marriages that are based only on sex appeal generally fizzle out as soon as he gets a bay window and her figure becomes a bit lumpish."

  4. 4
    slang for a paunch wordnet
  5. 5
    The stomach of a pregnant woman. figuratively, slang

Etymology

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

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