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WINDOWPANE

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very thin translucent flounder of the Atlantic coast of North America

Synonyms:

Scophthalmus aquosus; windowpane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("windowpane" is a kind of...):

lefteye flounder; lefteyed flounder (flatfishes with both eyes on the left side of the head)

Holonyms ("windowpane" is a member of...):

genus Scophthalmus; Scophthalmus (a genus of Bothidae)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A pane of glass in a window

Example:

the ball shattered the window

Synonyms:

window; windowpane

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("windowpane" is a kind of...):

pane; pane of glass; window glass (sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors)

Holonyms ("windowpane" is a part of...):

window (a framework of wood or metal that contains a glass windowpane and is built into a wall or roof to admit light or air)

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