windowpane

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windowpane

The ball shattered the windowpane.

Definition

Noun: 1. A single sheet of glass in a window frame: A flat, usually rectangular piece of glass that is fitted into a window to allow light to enter while keeping weather out. 2. A type of flounder: A common name for a very thin, translucent species of flounder (Scophthalmus aquosus) found along the Atlantic coast of North America.

Examples

  • Noun (Glass pane):

    • The morning sun streamed through the clean windowpane.
    • A bird accidentally flew into the windowpane.
    • Condensation formed on the cold windowpane.

  • Noun (Fish):

    • The fisherman caught a windowpane flounder, noting its almost transparent body.
    • Windowpane is considered a good species for seafood.
Advanced Usage
  • Figurative Use: A windowpane can be used metaphorically to represent something clear, fragile, or separating two spaces.
    • Her eyes were like clear windowpanes, revealing every emotion.
  • Technical/Architectural Context: In construction and glazing, the term specifies a single unit within a larger window assembly, which may contain multiple panes (e.g., a double-hung window with six windowpanes).
Variants and Related Words
  • Pane (noun): A more general term for a single sheet of glass in a window or door. ("Windowpane" is a specific type of pane.)
  • Window glass (noun): The material itself, not necessarily a cut piece installed in a frame.
  • Sash (noun): The frame that holds the windowpane.
  • Windowpane plaid (noun): A pattern on fabric consisting of large, clear rectangles resembling windowpanes.
Synonyms
  • For the glass sheet: Pane, sheet of glass, light (architectural term for a pane).
  • For the fish: Sand flounder, spotted flounder.
Related Phrases
  • To break a windowpane: To cause the glass in a window to shatter.
    • The storm was so strong it broke a windowpane.
  • To look through a windowpane: To observe the outside world from inside.
    • She spent hours looking through the windowpane, watching the rain fall.
windowpane

The ball shattered the windowpane.

Noun
  1. very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America
  2. a pane of glass in a window
    • the ball shattered the window

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