View synonyms for bay window

bay window

noun

an alcove of a room, projecting from an outside wall and having its own windows, especially one having its own foundations. Compare bow window, oriel.
Informal. a large, protruding belly; paunch.

bay window

See oriel window, bow window
a window projecting from the wall of a building and forming an alcove of a room Sometimes shortened tobay See also bow window oriel window

late Middle English word dating back to 1400–50

Almost opposite is the magnificent porch and bay-window leading into the great hall.

Right near the bay window, in the thick lilac tree, Marmaduke spied Red Robin's nest.

At the back of the stage is a deep bay window from which one may have a view up and down the street.

At the left of the doorway, a bay window, also heavily curtained, is set into the diagonal wall.

So said Mr. Brandon to me, as we sat in the bay-window at Crabb Cot, at which place we were staying.

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