Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

windex

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.30 in modern English

Syllables: windex
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.

Uncountable

verb

To clean (a glass surface) using a cleaning product of this kind.

noun

An arrow-shaped indicator of wind direction installed in mast-top.

Example Sentences

"1985, Bharati Mukherjee, “Visitors” in Darkness, Markham, Ontario: Penguin Books Canada, p. 164, But if change has come into her life as Mrs Sailen Kumar, it has seeped in so gradually that she can’t fix it with one admiring stare when she Windexes toothpaste flecks off the bathroom mirror."
"Back on the twenty-third floor, he found Nguyet Windexing the kitchen window with what appeared to be the last of the paper towels."
"Often the ground glared back as would a freshly Windexed mirror, so that when he fell, breaking what the doctor termed a “coccyx,” seven years of bad luck became part of the bargain."

Etymology

From a trade name, derived from window.

Usage

Uncountable

Inflected Forms

Windexes (present, singular) Windexing (participle, present) Windexed (participle, past) Windexed (past) Windexes (plural)

Synonyms

Windolene

Questions

What does windex mean?: A window cleaner containing detergent and ammonia.
Where does windex come from?: From a trade name, derived from window.

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