storm window
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- noun
- US
:
ventana de tormenta
- Before the first snowfall, I installed storm windows to protect my home from the cold weather.
- put up storm windows
- install storm windows
- storm windows with screens
Examples
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We've got leaves to rake, tons, and a lot of other seasonal preventive maintenance: storm windows, snowplow prep.
Fiction book (1995) -
Mack and his father were going to take down the storm windows and put the screens on.
Fiction book (1990) -
Winter was not so far away when I decided to put up the storm windows.
Fiction book (2000) -
Toward the end of March, I went outside one Saturday to take down the storm windows.
Fiction book (2000) -
"Your Aunt Grace had me take down her storm windows," I said.
Fiction book (1998) -
Leaving Helen there, he walked through the rest of the house and shut all the storm windows.
Fiction book (1993) -
Is it much of a chore to get the storm windows on each fall?
Blog text (16) -
Another chore to add to the list is taking the window screens off and putting the storm windows back on.
Blog text (16) -
When I get back from the funeral, Otto and Worley are putting in my storm windows on the ground floor.
Fiction book (2000) -
"I don't guess you'd be in the market for storm windows," Mr. Lamb told Donald.
Fiction book (1995)
Synonyms
An extra window put outside a normal window to keep out cold and bad weather
How Weatherproof
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'a secondary window to protect against bad weather' is directly inferable from combining 'storm' (bad weather) and 'window' (an opening fitted with glass): the compound names a window related to storms/protection. This noun+noun compositional pattern is common across languages and follows ordinary English compounding, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily understand it.
Etymology
Storm window comes from a simple picture: people put an extra piece of glass on the outside of a regular window to act like a shield in bad weather. So, it means 'a second window' put outside to protect the house from storms and cold and to keep it warmer.