Windowpane
/ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/ noun, slang
noun, slang ·Moderate ·High school level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
- 2 very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America wordnet
- 3 A fabric pattern of widely-spaced intersecting vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares.
"As for patterns, solids are the most formal, followed by stripes, nailhead, and birdseye (tiny, frequent dots on a darker background; nailhead is smaller and squarer), pic-and-pic (tiny, staggered diagonal lines, like miniature staircases), herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, and glen plaid."
- 4 a pane of glass in a window wordnet
- 5 A gelatin base tab with LSD. slang
"Another form is called a windowpane. Windowpanes are small thin squares of gelatin treated with LSD that look like little pieces of plastic."
Antonyms
All antonymsExample
More examples"The rain was beating hard against the windowpane."
Etymology
From window + pane.