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windowed

windowed

1 3.5
A room or building that has openings that let light in
  • adjective
  • /ˈwɪndoʊd/
translation icon : con ventanas
  • She ran until exhausted, seeking shelter at last in the windowed cove of an empty storefront, her back to the locked door.
  • windowed room
  • windowed wall
  • windowed office

Examples

  • "Back room, second floor, haven't stirred," he said, pointing to a rusty-looking building of four sparsely windowed stories, dimly lit and poorly painted.

    Fiction book (1990)
  • The daughter came and went through the windowed door behind the counter to the back room, the bakery proper, where the rest of the family presumably labored, dusty to the wrists and chins, with wormy, salt-rising flour.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • And worse, the Nautilus is supposed to have a windowed side panel and as you guys already saw, it does.

  • Bernzy is looking upward, toward the windowed office as he crosses the club.

    Fiction book (1992)
  • Her one-windowed view, a slice of cobbled street, a dry ditch, a drawbridge.

    Fiction book (1999)
  • After an indeterminate silent interval, a nurse came out and called Nancy's father's name, and Nancy and her parents stood and followed the nurse through the door in the receptionist's windowed wall.

    Fiction book (1993)
  • The architect designed a windowed building that maximizes natural light in every room.

  • Their home features a spacious, windowed living room that looks out onto the garden.

  • The windowed façade of the library allows visitors to enjoy the beautiful view outside.

Synonyms

fenestrated
vswindowed
7.9

Having windows or openings in a wall to let light in

is a general description of having openings without architectural or decorative focus

How Windowed

windowed
1 3.5
paned
1 4.5
windowless
15 3.2

Surface Forms

windowed positive

Morphology

windowed = window (transparent) = window + ed

Standard adjectival formation meaning 'having windows' directly derived from the noun 'window'.

Etymology

The word windowed comes from window, a word formed from wind ('wind') and eye ('eye') meaning a hole that lets air and light in. So windowed means 'having windows', a room or building with openings that bring light.