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