bay window

noun

1
: a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall
2

Examples of bay window in a Sentence

he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window
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There's like a bay window in the back that's wide open and air is gushing in. ABC News, 29 June 2025 How Designers Are Decorating with Lucite Now Consider how designer Brittany Bromley tucked an acrylic table in a bay window, in a fanciful parlor surrounded by bucolic wallpaper and blue and white china. Monika Biegler Eyers, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2025 Floor plans show dedicated entertaining spaces, including a formal dining room, a library with bay windows, a family room and a living room with sweeping views of the East River and the UN complex. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Mar. 2025 Start your morning by the bay window in the first floor kitchen for a view of the fields, and end the day on the private balcony, where the sunsets stretch wide across the farm. Symiah Dorsey, Southern Living, 14 June 2025 See All Example Sentences for bay window

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of bay window was in the 15th century

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“Bay window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bay%20window. Accessed 12 Jul. 2025.

Kids Definition

bay window

noun
: a window or set of windows that sticks out from the wall of a building

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