picture window

noun

: an outsize usually single-paned window designed to frame an exterior view

Examples of picture window in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Since renovated, the three-bedroom, five-bath home offers 3,500 square feet of two-level living space boasting hardwood floors, vaulted wood-beam ceilings, picture windows, and skylights throughout. Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 6 Aug. 2024 This was partly accomplished by replacing a three-pane window with a large picture window that looks out toward the backyard and the pool. Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 1 Aug. 2024 Inside, large picture windows are present from first stepping into the home and help fill the house with natural light beneath soaring ceilings. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 25 July 2024 The payoff is endless winter sports, including snowmobiling, snowshoeing, and backcountry skiing in virgin snow before settling back into picture window pine lodges and A-frame huts for a roasted lamb supper to whet your appetite for the evening’s star attraction: the Northern Lights. Adam Robb, TIME, 25 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for picture window 

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Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of picture window was in 1938

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“Picture window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture%20window. Accessed 19 Aug. 2024.

Kids Definition

picture window

noun
: a large window designed to frame a view
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