bay window

noun

1
: a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall
2

Examples of bay window in a Sentence

he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window
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The suite included three separate bedrooms with en suite baths, a living room, a dining room, a grand piano and a central bay window with a lavish arrangement of red, white and blue tulips, a welcome gift from the U.S. embassy. Lizz Schumer, People.com, 30 Aug. 2025 The three-story brick-and-sandstone Moir building at 227 N. First St. is a real beauty from 1894, with a massive skylight that rains sunshine into its interior and charming bay windows. Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2025 Café Buena Vida, inspired by Spanish bodegas, hosts progressive, inclusive radio shows from the bay window out front (order the olives and the vermouth). Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 20 Aug. 2025 Hanno Basse, Stability’s chief technology officer, is showing me an image of his backyard in Los Angeles: a grassy lawn surrounded by high hedges, rose bushes crowding a bay window, and a tree in the far left-hand corner. Zoë Schiffer, Wired News, 20 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for bay window

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bay window was in the 15th century

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“Bay window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bay%20window. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

Kids Definition

bay window

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

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