Definition of rose window
: a circular window filled with tracery
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Joe Klug’s scenic design marvelously evokes Notre Dame’s famed rose windows — and the whole theater helps sets the mood.
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Commercial buildings with wood roofs will experience severe damage, metal buildings may collapse and high-rise windows will nearly all be blown out.
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Its rose windows glow like gems in the darkness, akin to the effect at the cathedral’s Gothic contemporary, Notre-Dame de Paris.
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First Known Use of rose window
1773
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Definition of rose window for English Language Learners
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: a circular window in a church that is made from stained glass with a decorative pattern
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