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bay window

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bay window
n.
1. Architecture A large window or series of windows projecting from the outer wall of a building and forming a recess within.
2. Slang A protruding belly; a paunch.

bay window
n
(Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a window projecting from the wall of a building and forming an alcove of a room Sometimes shortened to bay See also bow window, oriel window
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.bay windowbay window - slang for a paunch                  
paunch, belly - a protruding abdomen
jargon, lingo, patois, argot, vernacular, slang, cant - a characteristic language of a particular group (as among thieves); "they don't speak our lingo"
2.bay windowbay window - a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
oriel, oriel window - a projecting bay window corbeled or cantilevered out from a wall
window - a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air
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bay window2 nbovindo
bay window2 nbovindo


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He knew the drawing-room above had a bay window, but he could not fancy how May would deal with it.
There were no marble-topped tables, long mirrors, or lace curtains in the little parlor, but simple furniture, plenty of books, a fine picture or two, a stand of flowers in the bay window, and, scattered all about, the pretty gifts which came from friendly hands and were the fairer for the loving messages they brought.
The place was said to have been built in the days of King Henry the Eighth; and there was a legend, not only that Queen Elizabeth had slept there one night while upon a hunting excursion, to wit, in a certain oak-panelled room with a deep bay window, but that next morning, while standing on a mounting block before the door with one foot in the stirrup, the virgin monarch had then and there boxed and cuffed an unlucky page for some neglect of duty.
 
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