bay window

noun

1

: a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall

2

: potbelly sense 1

Synonyms

• beer belly
• belly
• corporation
• gut
• paunch
• pot
• potbelly

Examples of bay window in a Sentence

he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window

Recent Examples on the Web

Start your morning by the bay window in the first floor kitchen for a view of the fields, and end the day on the private balcony, where the sunsets stretch wide across the farm. —Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 June 2025

Located on the parlor floor of an Upper West Side brownstone, this one-bedroom apartment has a huge living and dining room that extends over 25 feet long, with west-facing bay windows overlooking West End Avenue. —Kim Velsey, Curbed, 3 June 2025

Some aromatic herbs are grown in the gardens overlooked by the defining bay window. —Kasia Dietz, Travel + Leisure, 6 Jan. 2025

The 255 spacious accommodations are decorated in soothing blue and green hues; many have bay window seating where guests can enjoy the skyline. —Yukari Sakamoto, AFAR Media, 27 May 2025

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bay window

• lindo

Kids Definition

bay window

noun

: a window or set of windows that sticks out from the wall of a building