open windows

Unsealed building apertures

Open windows are windows that have been raised, swung, or otherwise positioned to allow air passage.

The phrase appears in contexts about ventilation, weather, and security: We slept with open windows all summer, The open windows let in street noise.

In computing, open windows are application windows currently active on a screen, as opposed to minimized or closed ones.

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letting air in · morning light · ventilation · airing out · screens · sill · draft · shutters · panes · letting in · cross-ventilation · billowing · spring cleaning · stuffiness · cool air · birdsong · morning · blinds

Categories
Opposites
window state

open windowsshuttered windows

Panes concealed by panels

barred windows · tinted windows

environmental control

open windowsair conditioning

Indoor cooling system

climate control · central heating · HVAC system · weatherproofing

accessibility/permeability

open windowssealed shut

airtight seal · storm windows

Family

open, windows, opened, opening, opens, opener, openers, openness, openly

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G