window pane

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • A sheet of glass in a window: A single piece of glass set into a window frame.
    • Street name for lysergic acid diethylamide (LSD): A slang term for the hallucinogenic drug LSD.
Usage Examples
  • Noun (Sheet of glass):
    • The storm cracked the window pane.
    • He cleaned every window pane in the house.
  • Noun (Slang for LSD):
    • The dealer offered him a dose of window pane.
    • "Window pane" was a common term for LSD in the 1960s.
Advanced Usage
  • "to have a pane missing": An idiom suggesting someone is foolish or crazy, playing on the double meaning of "pane" and "pain" or the idea of a broken window.
    • Don't listen to him; he's got a pane missing.
  • As a countable unit for windows: Used to specify the number of glass sections.
    • The large window was divided into six individual window panes.
Variants and Related Words
  • Windowpane (one word): An accepted alternative spelling, especially for the architectural meaning.
  • Pane (noun): A single sheet of glass in a window or door.
    • A pane of glass.
Synonyms
  • Sheet of glass: For the architectural meaning.
  • Acid, LSD, blotter: For the drug slang meaning.
Related Phrases
  • Window pane check: A pattern on fabric consisting of large squares formed by intersecting lines, resembling a multi-paned window.
    • He wore a shirt with a window pane check pattern.
Related Idioms
  • People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones: This proverb about hypocrisy is conceptually related to windows and glass, though not directly to "window pane."
    • He criticized her spending, but people in glass houses shouldn't throw stones.
Noun
  1. street name for lysergic acid diethylamide

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