bow window

noun

A curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building; a bay window that is curved.

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Meanings

nounbow window (plural bow windows)

plural bow windows

  1. architectureA curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building; a bay window that is curved.

    The three of us stood in the bow window and occupied ourselves in admiring the magnificent view.

    1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC

    Synonyms: compass window

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA curved, bow-shaped window space projecting outward from the main walls of a building; a bay window that is curved.

Similar
compass window

More synonyms by meaning

nouna window that sticks out from the outside wall of a house

Similar
bay window
Broader
window
Also see
bay window

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From bow + window.

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APA

bow window. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow%20window

MLA

“bow window.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow%20window. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bow window,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bow%20window.

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