windowpane

Valid in Scrabble

Scrabble points
19
Words With Friends
22
Letters
10
Pronunciation
/ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn/(UK)
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/ˈwɪndəʊˌpeɪn/(UK) · /ˈwɪndoʊˌpeɪn/(US)

Definition of windowpane

3 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
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noun

  1. A piece of glass filling a window or a section of a window.
  2. A fabric pattern of widely-spaced intersecting vertical and horizontal lines forming large squares.
    “As for patterns, solids are the most formal, followed by stripes, nailhead, and birdseye (tiny, frequent dots on a darker background; nailhead is smaller and squarer), pic-and-pic (tiny, staggered diagonal lines, like miniature staircases), herringbone, windowpane, houndstooth, and glen plaid.”
  3. (slang)A gelatin base tab with LSD.
    “Another form is called a windowpane. Windowpanes are small thin squares of gelatin treated with LSD that look like little pieces of plastic.”
    “When you place a windowpane of LSD on your tongue and watch the world transform into a Salvador Dalí landscape of radiant colors, shimmering geometric shapes, and morphing phantasmagoria while your sense of self dissolves—”

Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.

Etymology

From window + pane.

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