"bay window" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: bay windows [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English baywyndow, baywyndowe, bay-windowe, equivalent to bay + window where bay refers to an opening between columns. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|baywyndow}} Middle English baywyndow, {{m|enm|baywyndowe}} baywyndowe, {{m|enm|bay-windowe}} bay-windowe, {{af|en|bay|window}} bay + window Head templates: {{en-noun}} bay window (plural bay windows)
  1. (architecture) A window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building and forming a bay in a room. Categories (topical): Architecture, Anatomy Translations (type of window): еркерен прозорец (erkeren prozorec) [masculine] (Bulgarian), finestral (Catalan), karnap [common-gender] (Danish), karnapvindue [neuter] (Danish), erkkeri-ikkuna (Finnish), erkkeri (Finnish), baie vitrée (French), Erker (German), Erkerfenster [neuter] (German), djumba [Latin, feminine] (Ladino), baia veirada (Occitan), fenestral (Occitan), wykusz [masculine] (Polish), э́ркер (érker) [masculine] (Russian), uinneag cearcaill [feminine] (Scottish Gaelic), ventana de bahía [feminine] (Spanish), ventana saliente [feminine] (Spanish), burspråk [neuter] (Swedish), cumba (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-bay_window-en-noun-d-wenlg2 Disambiguation of Anatomy: 57 43 Topics: architecture Disambiguation of 'type of window': 100 0
  2. (figuratively) A protruding belly. Tags: figuratively Categories (topical): Obesity Translations (protruding belly): pömppömaha (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-bay_window-en-noun-7V3RkZFT Disambiguation of Obesity: 12 88 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 17 83 Disambiguation of 'protruding belly': 1 99

Inflected forms

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