round window
a membrane-covered opening in the inner wall of the middle ear that compensates for changes in cochlear pressure.
Origin of round window
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How to use round window in a sentence
There lay a large heap of fresh, sweet-smelling hay, while through a round window in the wall she could see right down the valley.
Heidi | Johanna SpyriThis square window gives you a square reflection, and the round window a round reflection.
Solomon Maimon: An Autobiography. | Solomon MaimonThrough the small round window over my head the first rays of the rising sun darted and soon lighted the little cabin.
Tales of Fantasy and Fact | Brander MatthewsFrom a round window at the far end a ray of sun still swept in, but it was a sickly, faded ray.
Ralestone Luck | Andre NortonThe light from the round window was reflected from every corrugated wave of her painfully marcelled hair.
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