picture window

noun

: an outsize usually single-paned window designed to frame an exterior view

Examples of picture window in a Sentence

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The couple's home has picture windows that frame a desert landscape, willowy green mesquite and a brown mesa in the distance. Lauren Villagran, USA Today, 29 Apr. 2025 Though the lodge’s exterior is classic Alpine chalet, the interior is strikingly modern, with hand-hewn pine furniture and enormous picture windows. Travel + Leisure Editors, Travel + Leisure, 16 Apr. 2025 The large picture windows beautifully frame the lush landscape, inviting you to slow down and soak it all in. Christina Liao, Vogue, 15 Apr. 2025 Large-scale glass doors, which initially look like picture windows, pivot open in near silence to let the vista speak. Spencer Elliott, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for picture window

Word History

First Known Use

1938, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of picture window was in 1938

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“Picture window.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picture%20window. Accessed 10 May. 2025.

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picture window

noun
: a large window designed to frame a view
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