window pane
Definition
- 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.
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street name for lysergic acid diethylamide
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