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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

windowless en · ADJ

Etymology

From Middle English wyndowles, equivalent to window + -less.

Meanings

  1. (not-comparable) Having no windows, especially no external windows.
    • "There are windowless seats / wheelchair spaces at each end of the coach where the (exterior) sliding door slides between the exterior skin and the interior trim. [...] "My photo is in coach G, the Standard buffet coach, where there's an even longer windowless section." 2022 March 23, “Stop & Examine”, in RAIL, number 953, page 71:
    • Billionaire Charlie Munger’s controversial plans for a massive, windowless dorm at the University of California, Santa Barbara has left many wondering – how is this even possible? 2021 November 2, Ramishah Maruf, “Here’s what it’s like to live in one of Charlie Munger’s windowless dorms”, in CNN Business:

Antonyms

windowed · fenestrated

Coordinates

unglazed

Deriveds

windowlessness

Synonyms

unfenestrated

Translations (9)

ru без окон (having no windows, especially no external windows) · eo senfenestra (having no windows, especially no external windows) · hu ablaktalan (having no windows, especially no external windows) · ru безоконный (having no windows, especially no external windows) · cy diffenestr (having no windows, especially no external windows) · sv fönsterlös (having no windows, especially no external windows) · de fensterlos (having no windows, especially no external windows) · pl bezokienny (having no windows, especially no external windows) · tr penceresiz (having no windows, especially no external windows)