How do you use the word "window" in a sentence?

Here are real-life examples of using "window": We could see the sunset from the window. He jumped out the window.

Window Meaning

/ˈwɪndəʊ/

Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.

Definition

nounAn opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to enter a building or vehicle.

nounAn opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products from outside; a shop window.

Sentence Examples

We could see the sunset from the window.

He jumped out the window.

She looked out of the window.

CEFR Practice Quiz

She opened the ____ to let fresh air into the stuffy room.

CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)

I opened the ____ to let some fresh air into the room, as it was becoming quite stuffy this afternoon today.

Word Origin & History

From Middle English wyndowe, wyndown, from Old Norse vindauga (“window”, literally “wind-eye; wind-hole”), equivalent to wind + eye. Cognate with Scots windae and windock, Faroese vindeyga, Norwegian Bokmål vindu, Norwegian Nynorsk vindauge, Danish vindue, archaic Swedish vindöga, Elfdalian windog. Displaced native Old English ēagþȳrel (literally “eye hole”) (the rare direct descendant is eyethurl (“window, pupil, etc.”)). The “windows” among early Germanic peoples were just unglazed holes (eyes) in the wall or roof that permitted wind to pass through .

Literary Quotations & Historical Citations

"But then I had the [massive] flintlock by me for protection. ¶[…]The linen-press and a chest on the top of it formed, however, a very good gun-carriage; and, thus mounted, aim could be taken out of the window at the old mare feeding in the meadow below by the brook, and a 'bead' could be drawn upon Molly, the dairymaid, kissing the fogger behind the hedge,[…]." — 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter 1, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

"A window is an opening in a wall to admit light and air." — 1952, L. F. Salzman, Building in England, page 173:

"Nanny Broome was looking up at the outer wall. Just under the ceiling there were three lunette windows, heavily barred and blacked out in the normal way by centuries of grime." — 1963, Margery Allingham, chapter 14, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:

"There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams." — 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:

"But rescuers have a dwindling window of opportunity, with forecasters predicting the return of heavy monsoon rains in the coming days, effectively sealing off the cave until October." — 2018 July 8, Euan McKirdy, Hilary Whiteman, “Thai cave rescue: Divers enter cave to free boys”, in edition.cnn.com, CNN, retrieved 08 Jul 2018:

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