You get to the garden through French windows at the back of the house. The cathedral has a beautiful rose window
plate-glass
double-glazed
barred, curtained, shuttered
All the windows in the prison are barred
curtainless
open
boarded-up
blank
No light showed in any of the blank windows of the house
dark
bright, sunny
rain-lashed, rain-streaked
draughty, ill-fitting
dirty, dusty, filthy
clean
steamed-up
balcony, basement, bedroom, kitchen, etc.
back, front, rear, side, top, topmost, upstairs
first-floor, ground-floor, etc.
south-facing, etc.
display, shop
car, carriage, train, etc.
back, driver's, passenger, rear
electric
smoked, tinted
a limousine with smoked windows
VERB + WINDOW
gaze out (of), gaze through, look in (through), look out (of), look through, peer out (of), peer (in) through, see out (of), see through, stare out of, stare (in) through
I found her looking in the window of a department store. It was raining so hard I could scarcely see out the window
lean out of, stick your head out of
knock on, rap on, tap on
We tapped on the window to get their attention
fling open, force (open), open, throw open
There was evidence that the window had been forced
roll down, wind down
I rolled down the window to ask for directions
close, roll up, shut
clean, wash
break, shatter, smash
replace
WINDOW + VERB
open, wind down
How does the window open?
close, go up
break, shatter, smash
blow out
All the windows blew out with the force of the blast
flash, gleam, glint, glow, shine
The windows glinted in the sunlight
steam up
The windows all steam up when you have a shower
rattle
The windows rattle when a train goes past
face sth, give a view of sth, look, overlook sth, stare
a studio with windows looking south towards the park The windows of the house stared bleakly down at her
WINDOW + NOUN
frame, ledge, pane, sill
seat
I always ask for a window seat when I fly
cleaner
He works as a window cleaner
display
shopping
I love going window shopping (= looking at things in the shops without buying anything)
PREP
at the ~
He was standing at the window waiting for us
by the ~
I sat by the window to get some air
in the ~
an advertisement in the shop window We caught sight of him in the window as we passed. There was a vase of flowers in the window. A bird flew in the open window