stained-glass window
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- noun
- /steɪnd ɡlæs ˈwɪndoʊ/
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vidriera
- Moonlight poured through the stained glass window, filling the room with ghostly gem colors.
- stained-glass window depicting
- Light from stained-glass window
Yeah, and see some stained glass windows and hopefully some beautiful pictures.
- Yeah, and see some stained glass windows and hopefully some beautiful pictures.
- So they also look like stained glass windows, like Shields, veils, bolts of patterned fabric, Sentinels, guardians, Saints, even surfboards.
Examples
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They marvelled at the commemorative stained glass windows by the likes of John Lafarge, Frank Millett and Louis Comfort Tiffany.
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The visual arts students examined the architectural details of the church, including the stained glass windows.
Academic text (2005) -
Well, I am building a stained-glass window for the church up the road.
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Is a stained glass window more expensive than a regular window?
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Steve: I'm making a new stained-glass window for the church down the road.
Academic text (2010) -
There was indeed a second stained glass window high above the altar.
Fiction book (1992) -
You know, it is this spirit of giving which enabled us to acquire this magnificent stained glass window imported directly from Italy.
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Renowned for its stained glass windows, you can see the intricate craftsmanship...
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The geological community banded together to erect a stained-glass window in a local church in her honor.
Academic text (1995) -
The sunlight streamed through the beautiful stained-glass window in the old cathedral, casting colorful patterns on the floor.
Synonyms
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Colored pieces joined to make pretty windows that show pictures
How Decorative
Surface Forms
Morphology
stained-glass + window
The meaning is directly compositional: 'stained' (marked/colored) modifies 'glass', and 'stained-glass window' therefore denotes a window made of colored/marked glass. This noun-noun/compound pattern is transparent and cross-linguistically common, so a B1 learner who knows the constituent words will readily infer the meaning.
Etymology
Stained-glass window comes from church windows made of many small pieces of colored, stained glass put together to form pictures. The bright, colored glass let light make patterns inside, so the name now means a window made from colored glass.