windowless

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adjective

Having no windows, especially no external windows.

Similar
unfenestrated
Opposite
fenestratedwindowed
OriginMiddle English wyndowles →
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Meanings

adjectivewindowless (not comparable)
  1. not comparableHaving no windows, especially no external windows.

    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
    1 more example

    "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

    Synonyms: unfenestrated

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveHaving no windows, especially no external windows.

Similar
unfenestrated
Opposite
fenestratedwindowed
Also see
unfenestrated

Origin

  1. Middle Englishwyndowles
  2. Englishwindowless

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

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Translations

Esperanto senfenestra
  • senfenestrahaving no windows, especially no external windows
German fensterlos
  • fensterloshaving no windows, especially no external windows
Hungarian ablaktalan
  • ablaktalanhaving no windows, especially no external windows
Polish bezokienny
  • bezokiennyhaving no windows, especially no external windows
Russian безоконный, без окон
  • безоконный (bezokonnyj)having no windows, especially no external windows
  • без окон (bez okon)having no windows, especially no external windows
Swedish fönsterlös
  • fönsterlöshaving no windows, especially no external windows
Turkish penceresiz
  • penceresizhaving no windows, especially no external windows
Welsh diffenestr
  • diffenestrhaving no windows, especially no external windows
Cite this entry
APA

windowless. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowless

MLA

“windowless.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowless. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “windowless,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/windowless.

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