picture window

noun

1. a large window in a house, usually dominating the room or wall in which it is located, and often designed or placed to present an attractive view.

picture window

noun

1. a large window having a single pane of glass, usually placed so that it overlooks a view

Word History and Origins

Origin of picture window¹

First recorded in 1935–40

Example Sentences

Our cramped room of nine turned into just Sydney and me, so we moved to Room 411, a cozy space with four big picture windows.

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The Eiffel Tower, behind Zelensky in a picture window as we talked in one of Paris's great museums, was lit up in yellow and blue, the colours of the Ukrainian national flag.

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She raised her four kids there, had a well-paid job and a spell of normal family life, cooking big meals on Sundays and adorning the front picture window with Christmas decorations in winter.

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The restaurant, Pages, was sort of an upscale diner, with a long counter, a pie case and booths along a picture window at the front.

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Its gleaming picture windows and grass-green exterior might as well have been the gates to the Emerald City, behind which mysterious healing modalities awaited.

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