rear window
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2.5
- noun
- /rɪr ˈwɪndoʊ/
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ventana trasera
- You can see clearly behind the vehicle through the rear window when backing up.
- the rear window of a car
- the rear window of a cab
- look out the rear window
Yeah, I got a brick through my rear window when I was driving.
- Yeah, I got a brick through my rear window when I was driving.
- You don't quite have a rear window that's quite as easy to see out of.
Examples
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Through the truck's rear window, we see Val raise his hand in The Challenge.
Fiction book (1990) -
On the way home, she kept looking over her shoulder through the rear window at their cargo.
Fiction book (1991) -
You walk around the back of the car and look through the rear window.
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The sun was coming straight in the rear window onto the lot of them.
Fiction book (1992) -
Mike shouted while looking back through the rear window at the crushed front of the cop car.
Fiction book (1999) -
Looking through the rear windows, he couldn't even see the lights of the pier down below.
Fiction book (2001) -
Harry, Bear, Chick, and Sharp stand looking out the cockpit rear window toward the brilliant blue Earth.
Fiction book (1998) -
One of the bodyguards looks out the rear window, the hotel receding in the background.
Fiction book (1996) -
Still, Teresa kept turning around to glance through the rear window at the Earth.
Fiction book (1990) -
Sunlight sneaks through the louvers on the rear window in ruler-like lines.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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1.0
An opening in a wall, roof, or vehicle with glass that lets light in and lets you see outside
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1.0
A window in a car used to look outside and let air in
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the window at the back of a car' is directly and literally derived from combining 'rear' (located toward the back) with 'window' (an opening fitted with glass). This straightforward modifier+head noun composition is common across languages and standard in English, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents will readily understand it.
Etymology
Rear window comes from the simple picture of a window at the rear, meaning the 'back' of a car. Drivers look through that window to see what is behind the vehicle, so rear window today means the window at the back of a car used to see behind it.