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."
Example
More examples"The rain was beating hard against the windowpane."
Etymology
From window + pane.
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