Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary

1 N‑COUNT A window seat is a seat which is fixed to the wall underneath a window in a room.

2 N‑COUNT On a train, bus, or aeroplane, a window seat is a seat next to a window.

wi n|dow shade (window shades ) N‑COUNT A window shade is a piece of stiff cloth or heavy paper that you can pull down over a window as a covering. [AM ] in BRIT, use blind

wi n|dow shop|ping also window-shopping N‑UNCOUNT If you do some window shopping , you spend time looking at the goods in the windows of shops without intending to buy anything.

window|sill /w I ndoʊs I l/ (windowsills ) also window sill N‑COUNT A windowsill is a shelf along the bottom of a window, either inside or outside a building.

wind|pipe /w I ndpa I p/ (windpipes ) N‑COUNT Your windpipe is the tube in your body that carries air into your lungs when you breathe.

wind|screen /w I ndskriːn/ (windscreens ) N‑COUNT The windscreen of a car or other vehicle is the glass window at the front through which the driver looks. [BRIT ] in AM, use windshield

wi nd|screen wip|er (windscreen wipers ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] A windscreen wiper is a device that wipes rain from a vehicle's windscreen. [BRIT ] in AM, use windshield wiper

wind|shield /w I ndʃiːld/ (windshields ) N‑COUNT The windshield of a car or other vehicle is the glass window at the front through which the driver looks. [AM ] in BRIT, use windscreen

wi nd|shield wip|er (windshield wipers ) N‑COUNT [usu pl] A windshield wiper is the same as a windscreen wiper . [AM ] in BRIT, use windscreen wiper

wind|surf|er /w I ndsɜː ^r fə ^r / (windsurfers )

1 N‑COUNT A windsurfer is a long narrow board with a sail attached to it. You stand on a windsurfer in the sea or on a lake and are blown along by the wind.

2 N‑COUNT A windsurfer is a person who rides on a windsurfer.

wind|surf|ing /w I ndsɜː ^r f I ŋ/ N‑UNCOUNT Windsurfing is a sport in which you move along the surface of the sea or a lake on a long narrow board with a sail on it.

wind|swept /w I ndswept/ ADJ A windswept place has no shelter and is not protected against strong winds. □  …the remote and windswept hillside.

wind tun|nel /w I nd tʌn ^ə l/ (wind tunnels ) N‑COUNT A wind tunnel is a room or passage through which air can be made to flow at controlled speeds. Wind tunnels are used to test new equipment or machinery, especially cars and aeroplanes.

wind-up /wa I nd ʌp/ (wind-ups )

1 ADJ [ADJ n] A wind-up device is a mechanical device with a handle or key that you turn several times before you use it in order to make it work. □  …an old-fashioned wind-up gramophone.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A wind-up is a joke or trick in which someone deliberately tells you something untrue in order to annoy you. [BRIT , INFORMAL ] □ [+ by ] At first I couldn't believe it. I thought it was a wind-up by one of my mates.

wind|ward /w I ndwə ^r d/ ADJ [ADJ n] Windward is used to describe the side of something, especially a ship, which is facing the wind. □  …the windward side of the quarterdeck.

windy /w I ndi/ (windier , windiest ) ADJ If it is windy , the wind is blowing a lot. □  It was windy and Jake felt cold.

wine ◆◆◇ /wa I n/ (wines , wining , wined )

1 N‑VAR Wine is an alcoholic drink which is made from grapes. You can also refer to alcoholic drinks made from other fruits or vegetables as wine . □  …a bottle of white wine. □  This is a nice wine. ● N‑COUNT A glass of wine can be referred to as a wine .

2 COLOUR Wine is used to describe things that are very dark red in colour. □  She wore her wine-coloured gaberdine raincoat.

3 PHRASE If you wine and dine , or if someone wines and dines you, you go out, for example to expensive restaurants, and spend a lot of money. □  Colleagues were furious at doing her work while she wined and dined. □  A lot of money went on wining and dining prospective clients.

wi ne bar (wine bars ) N‑COUNT A wine bar is a place where people can buy and drink wine, and sometimes eat food as well.