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Jalousie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun Jalousie has 2 senses
- jalousie(n = noun.artifact) louvered window - a window with glass louvers; Array is a kind of window
- jalousie(n = noun.artifact) Array - a shutter made of angled slats; Array has parts: fin, louver, louvre
is a kind of shutter
CIDE DICTIONARY
Jalousie, n. [F. See Jealousy.].
- A Venetian or slatted inside window blind. [1913 Webster]
- A window or door made of multiple glass or plastic slats, which can be opened or closed like a jalousie{1}. [PJC]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Jalousie, n. a blind or shutter made of a row of angled slats to keep out rain etc. and control the influx of light.
Etymology
F (as JEALOUSY)
ROGET THESAURUS
Jalousie
Airpipe
N airpipe, air pipe, air tube, airhole, blowhole, breathinghole, venthole, shaft, flue, chimney, funnel, vent, nostril, nozzle, throat, weasand, trachea, bronchus, bronchia, larynx, tonsils, windpipe, spiracle, ventiduct, ventilator, louvre, jalousie, Venetian blinds, blowpipe, pipe, jhilmil, smokestack, screen, window screen, ' artificial lung, iron lung, heart and lung machine.
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