/ˈwɪndəʊ/
Translation
A hole in a wall, filled with glass, that lets in light and that you can see through.
Word origin
From Old Norse vindauga, meaning wind-eye, because it was once just an open hole for air.
- Origin
- Old Norse
- Root
- vindauga
Grammar
Examples
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Here "window" is the glass part of the wall that you can open.
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"Window" is the place where light comes into the room.
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"Windows" is the plural, meaning more than one window.
A window is a hole in a wall that has glass in it. It lets light and air into a room, and you can look through it to see what is outside. You can open and close a window.
Where this fits
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Stories
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Lost in Town
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The Phone Call
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The Broken Window
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The Long Way Home
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4 min read · Core 5000
Two Gardens
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5 min read · Core 5000
The Midnight Piano
5 min read · Core 5000
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5 min read · Core 5000
The Photograph
5 min read · Core 5000
The Swimming Lesson
5 min read · Core 5000
The Tuesday Visitor
5 min read · Core 5000
The Whale on the Beach
5 min read · Core 5000
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Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
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Past perfect tense: had plus past participle, and when English actually needs it
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Reported speech in English: backshift, questions and commands
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The subjunctive and the unreal past in English: I suggest he go, if I were you, and it's time we left
Verb patterns with objects in English: want somebody to do, make somebody do, and see somebody doing
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