bay window
A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay…A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
» You have only to push the button to open the bay window.
Du musst nur auf den Knopf drücken, um das Erkerfenster zu öffnen.
Meaning
3 sensesA window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
Erker, Erkerfenster
э́ркерérker
(figuratively, slang)A protruding belly.
(figuratively, slang)The stomach of a pregnant woman.
- a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
- slang for a paunch
Examples
2 sentencesYou have only to push the button to open the bay window.
deDu musst nur auf den Knopf drücken, um das Erkerfenster zu öffnen.
The space hotel had enormous bay windows overlooking the rainbow stripes of Jupiter below.
deDas Weltraumhotel hatte riesige Erkerfenster, die Aussicht auf die Regenbogenstreifen des tiefer liegenden Jupiter gewährten.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bFrom Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.
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Forms
plural: bay windows| Singular | bay window |
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| Plural | bay windows |
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Synonyms
5 synonyms- a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house:bow window
- slang for a paunch:potpotbellycorporationtummy