Colloquial Variant guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: architecture
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
A protruding belly.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, slang
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noun
The stomach of a pregnant woman.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: figuratively, slang
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noun
a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: bow window
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: window
Narrower terms: oriel, oriel window
noun
slang for a paunch
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: pot, potbelly, corporation, tummy
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: belly, paunch
History
From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns.
Across languages
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