bay window
English
noun
Definitions
- (architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room.
- (figuratively) A protruding belly.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English baywyndow affix from English bay (bend, bay leaf, bay laurel, bathe) + English window.
Origin
English
window
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Baystater English
- Guantanamo Bay English
- Pelly Bay English
- afterbay English
- bay English
- bay tree English
- bayard English
- bayberry English
- bayfront English
- bayhead English
- baylike English
- bayman English
- bayplan English
- bayside English
- bebay English
- bow window English
- embay English
- eye English
- forebay English
- imbay English
- midbay English
- multibay English
- multiwindow English
- shop window English
- sickbay English
- subbay English
- subwindow English
- superwindow English
- transbay English
- unbay English
- unwindow English
- wind English
- windoid English
- window English
- window seat English
- windowable English
- windowed English
- windowfront English
- windowful English
- windowglass English
- windowing English
- windowless English
- windowlight English
- windowlike English
- windowmaker English
- windowmaking English
- windowpane English
- windowscreen English
- windowsill English
- windowy English
- ウィンドウ Japanese
- ウインドー Japanese
- baye Middle English
- baywyndow Middle English
- windowe Middle English
- wūntō Marshallese
- windo Tok Pisin
- windo Shona
- windo Chichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- bay
- eye
- wind
- imbay
- embay
- bebay
- unbay
- window
- bayard
- midbay
- bayman
- subbay
- forebay
- bayside
- windowy
- windoid
- sickbay
- bayplan
- baylike
- bayhead
- bayberry
- multibay
- bay tree
- transbay
- windowed
- unwindow
- bayfront
- afterbay
- Pelly Bay
- Baystater
- windowful
- windowing
- subwindow
- windowlike
- windowless
- bow window
- windowpane
- windowsill
- windowable
- superwindow
- shop window
- multiwindow
- window seat
- windowglass
- windowlight
- windowmaker
- windowfront
- windowmaking
- windowscreen
- Guantanamo Bay