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win⋅dow⋅pane

[win-doh-peyn]
–noun
1. a plate of glass for filling a window sash within the frame.
2. a flounder, Scophthalmus aquosus, occurring along the Atlantic coast of North America, characterized by the thinness and translucency of its body.
–adjective
3. designating or having a large, regular design of intersecting lines resembling a series of windowpanes: a windowpane plaid sweater.

Origin:
1810–20; window + pane
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win·dow·pane   (wĭn'dō-pān')   
n.  
  1. A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.

  2. A pattern of thin lines forming large squares on a background of a different color.

  3. Slang LSD.

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