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Synonyms

bow window

American  
[boh] / boʊ /

noun

  1. a rounded bay window.


bow window British  
/ bəʊ /

noun

  1. a bay window in the shape of a curve

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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Etymology

Origin of bow window

First recorded in 1745–55

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They added the bow window in the front, which extended the dining area.

From Washington Post Apr. 8, 2022

A prosperous Winthrop Wadsworth would add an ornamented bow window, floor-to-ceiling windows and a wraparound porch and balustrade.

From Seattle Times Nov. 5, 2019

Original tracery patterns made of thin strips of molding decorate the ceilings, with lattice in the living room and a chevron pattern in the dining room, which has a bow window.

From New York Times Aug. 7, 2017

On the first day of digging the team found that a redbrick flower bed, dug up regularly to fertilise the roses, covered a rectangle of stone which Halliwell-Phillips believed was Shakespeare's bow window.

From The Guardian Apr. 5, 2010

Sitting in its bow window were RAF Maidsend’s gaunt and weary squadron leader and a bespectacled well-turned-out civilian in a tweed suit.

From "Code Name Verity" by Elizabeth Wein

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