pane of glass
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1.6
- noun
- /peɪn əv ɡlæs/
:
panel de vidrio
- The carpenter carefully installed a new pane of glass in the broken window.
- panes of glass in the window
- break a pane of glass
- large pane of glass
So my heart goes out to all those people who are on the other side of a a pane of glass having to watch someone pass.
- So my heart goes out to all those people who are on the other side of a a pane of glass having to watch someone pass.
Examples
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The wooden door behind it, which had four panes of glass, stood open.
Fiction book (1992) -
The only light on her comes from directly above, from a thick pane of glass in the center of the ceiling.
Fiction book (1997) -
I was told you needed several new panes of glass.
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It's just gonna be a little hard with a pane of glass between us, you know?
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And yet there must be patients living behind each pane of glass.
Fiction book (1990) -
Where are you gonna get a pane of glass the night before Thanksgiving?
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And all that separated me from that bear was a pane of glass.
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The elegant effect of panes of glass in your kitchen is worth more than the cost.
Blog text (10) -
There was nothing in that to envy, Maggie told herself, her forehead against the cool pane of glass.
Fiction book (1990) -
In the bathroom was a tiny square window with a translucent pane of glass that could be slid open.
Fiction book (1994)
Synonyms
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1.6
A single sheet of glass in a window or door
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3.4
Large flat sheets of clear glass used for windows and doors
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2.4
A single piece of glass fitted into a window frame
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1.0
A flat piece of clear glass that sits in a window or door to let light in
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3.7
Thin flat glass that is made in large sheets for windows and mirrors
A single piece of glass in a window
How Reflective
775
1.0
5
1.6
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'pane' (a single sheet) combined with 'glass' yields a sheet of glass, and the preposition 'of' simply links the two nouns. This straightforward noun-of-noun construction is common cross-linguistically and would be immediately understandable to a B1 learner who already knows the constituent words.
Etymology
Pane of glass comes from the simple picture of a thin 'pane' or slice of glass that fits into a window frame. Imagine one flat piece filling one small section of a window, and that's why pane of glass means 'a flat sheet of glass' used in windows.