bay window

noun

1

: a window or series of windows forming a bay in a room and projecting outward from the wall

2

: potbelly sense 1

Synonyms

• beer belly
• belly
• corporation
• gut
• paunch
• pot
• potbelly

Examples of bay window in a Sentence

he shopped the company's big and tall line for shirts to fit his bay window

Recent Examples on the Web

The room is handsome enough, as functional living spaces go, with a bay window facing the historic house across the street and a mantelpiece that serves as the focus until attention is usurped by the arrival of the television. —Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2024

And yet, the overlapping-frames strategy tends to blur the lines between the various families involved, trapping us in a CG snowglobe, as virtual seasons change and time marches past the wide bay window. —Peter Debruge, Variety, 26 Oct. 2024

The photos of moms staring out of bay windows at something idyllic were replaced by crying ones after something went wrong, somewhere. —Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 16 Oct. 2024

Its large kitchen includes an island and allows for a dining area at the bay window. —Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 1 Oct. 2024

Word History

First Known Use

15th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Kids Definition

bay window

noun

: a window or set of windows that sticks out from the wall of a building