REAR WINDOW

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does rear window mean? 

• REAR WINDOW (noun)
  The noun REAR WINDOW has 1 sense:

1. car window that allows vision out of the back of the car

  Familiarity information: REAR WINDOW used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• REAR WINDOW (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Car window that allows vision out of the back of the car

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("rear window" is a kind of...):

car window (a window in a car)

Holonyms ("rear window" is a part of...):

auto; automobile; car; machine; motorcar (a motor vehicle with four wheels; usually propelled by an internal combustion engine)

 Context examples 

With an effort he got up and walked to the rear window and leaned with his face pressed against it, —and I said 'God knows what you've been doing, everything you've been doing.

(The Great Gatsby, by F. Scott Fitzgerald)