bay window

Noun
Synonyms: potpotbellybay windowcorporationtummybow window

WordNet 3.0

Noun (2)

  1. slang for a paunchSynonyms: potpotbellybay windowcorporationtummy
  2. a window that sticks out from the outside wall of a houseSynonyms: bay windowbow window
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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bay window \Bay" win"dow\

1.(Arch.) A window forming a bay or recess in a room, and projecting outward from the wall, either in a rectangular, polygonal, or semicircular form; -- often corruptly called a bow window.

Syn: bay window, bow window, bow-window. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]

2.a protruding abdomen. [informal]

Syn: belly, paunch, pot, potbelly, corporation, tummy. [WordNet 1.5]

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