pass-through
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- noun
- /ˈpæsˌθru/
- US
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ventana de paso
- When preparing for the dinner party, he placed all the dishes in the pass-through to serve them promptly.
- pass-through to the kitchen
- pass-through window
Examples
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Letting them into her apartment on the twenty-second floor, Eric wasn't surprised to see an empty wine bottle on the pass-through counter of the kitchen that opened onto the small, austere living room.
Fiction book (1998) -
The kitchen had a convenient pass-through that made serving food to the dining room easy.
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Except this time you're creating like a pass through from the seats to the bed.
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Pass through that bedroom and you come to another, Henry knew: the guest room with the canopy bed and an iron spiral staircase that led to a widow's walk.
Fiction book (2000) -
He'd created a less obvious pass-through, and tonight he had needed only to pull the loosely hanging flap of chain-link out of his way.
Fiction book (1998) -
The architect designed a modern pass-through to connect the kitchen with the living area for better flow during gatherings.
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Etymology
Pass-through comes from two simple words, pass 'to move or give' and through 'from one side to the other'. So a pass-through is literally an opening where you 'pass' dishes or food 'through' from the kitchen to the dining room.