dictionary definitions for "bay window"


From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Bay window \Bay" win"dow\
     1. (Arch.) A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and
        projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular,
        polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called
        a bow window.
  
     Syn: bay window, bow window, bow-window.
          [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
  
     2. a protruding abdomen. [informal]
  
     Syn: belly, paunch, pot, potbelly, corporation, tummy.
          [WordNet 1.5]

From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  bay window
      n 1: slang for a paunch [syn: pot, potbelly, bay window,
           corporation, tummy]
      2: a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house
         [syn: bay window, bow window]


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