windowpane

[ win-doh-peyn ]

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.

adjective

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

   a windowpane plaid sweater.

windowpane

/ ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn /

noun

1. a sheet of glass in a window

Word History and Origins

Origin of windowpane¹

First recorded in 1810–20; window + pane

Example Sentences

We seem to be vainly beating out fists against the windowpane of extinction.

From Time

Lockley saw the name of a local telephone company silhouetted on the lighted windowpane.

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The roaring of the wind is my wife and the Stars through the windowpane are my Children.

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The outer door banged, and in another second a mocking finger tapped on the windowpane.

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She grew distrait, monosyllabic, sat for long intervals staring absently into the gloom beyond the windowpane.

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He heard the clicks again and realized that they were caused by the tapping of the windowpane by a ring upon a masculine finger.

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