windowpane

American  

[win-doh-peyn] / ˈwɪn doʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.

2. a flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, occurring along the Atlantic coast of North America, characterized by the thinness and translucency of its body.

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adjective

1. designating or having a large, regular design of intersecting lines resembling a series of windowpanes.

   a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane British  

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window

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Etymology

Origin of windowpane

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane

Example Sentences

A geotubes supporter, he owns two other homes, including a guesthouse where John Steinbeck, who wrote much of “East of Eden” in Sconset, once etched his name on a windowpane.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

To locate dark matter, the team measured how its mass bends space, which in turn bends the light traveling to Earth from distant galaxies -- as if that light had passed through a warped windowpane.

From Science Daily • Feb. 3, 2026

Lying in bed at night, I would hear the thump of the neighborhood cats landing on the roof, their shadows on the fence passing my illuminated windowpane.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 6, 2025

The following season, safety Jamal Adams shined in a white windowpane patterned, double-breasted suit when he was taken at No. 6 by the Jets.

From Seattle Times • Apr. 26, 2023

She holds them out in front of her, her horror visible in the moonlight coming in through the empty windowpane.

From "Dread Nation" by Justina Ireland