bay window

noun

1

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

2

: potbelly sense 1

Synonyms of bay window

• belly
• corporation
• stomach
• beer belly

Examples of bay window in a Sentence

he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window

Recent Examples on the Web

There is a front porch and inside an enormous fireplace, a living room with its original and curved bay windows, window seats, fireplace, and soft seating. — Pamela McLoughlin, Hartford Courant, 14 Aug. 2026

The area is charming, with the houses themselves a mishmash of shapes of colors—miniature, red roof dwellings decorated with wooden panels are piled next to slim, towering town houses embellished with sweeping bay windows. — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 Aug. 2026

The installation, at Sunset and Selma Avenue, features kind of a large, bay window built into a billboard that has with a furnished living room inside. — Tom Tapp, Deadline, 6 Aug. 2026

The living room, which is sunken with two steps down, is 22 feet deep with a curved bay window that stretches nearly the width of the room. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 3 Aug. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Rhymes for bay window

• lindo

Kids Definition

bay window

noun

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