"Velux" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: Veluxes [plural]
Etymology: From a trademark. Head templates: {{en-noun}} Velux (plural Veluxes)
  1. A skylight or roof window, especially one manufactured by the VELUX company. Synonyms: velux

Inflected forms

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          "ref": "2007, Country Life, volume 201, numbers 1-4, page 48",
          "text": "On the north side, he raised and classicised the stair tower window and replaced veluxes in the low-sweeping roof with a pair of piended (hipped) dormers.",
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        {
          "ref": "2015, Chloe Rayban, Lost and Found, page 178",
          "text": "With proper insulation and a few veluxes I could make more rooms up here — more money-earning 'chambres d'hotes'.",
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          "ref": "2017, Annemarie Neary, Siren, page 223",
          "text": "There are two large Veluxes in the steeply pitched roof, and a battery of windows is set high into the bare white walls.",
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          "ref": "2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops",
          "text": "The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes. It contained junk, I thought at first, but then I was surprised to make out that this included Victorian and even Georgian furniture […]",
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          "ref": "2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops",
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