pane

/peɪn/

/peɪn/

Other forms: panes

A pane is a piece of glass, especially one that fits into a window frame. If you hit your baseball through your neighbors' kitchen window, you'll probably owe them a new pane.

Panes are almost always made of glass, although occasionally they're some other translucent material. Stained-glass windows have colorful panes, and older houses with their original details often have windows made of many small glass panes. The original meaning of pane was "piece of a garment," from the Latin pannum, "piece of cloth." Later, a pane became "a panel of wood," and finally "a panel of glass."

Definitions of pane

1. noun

   sheet glass cut in shapes for windows or doors
   synonyms: pane of glass, window glass

   types:

   window, windowpane

   a pane of glass in a window

   type of:

   plate glass, sheet glass

   glass formed into large thin sheets
2. noun

   a panel or section of panels in a wall or door
   synonyms: paneling, panelling

   types:

   wall panel

   paneling that forms part of a wall

   type of:

   panel

   sheet that forms a distinct (usually flat and rectangular) section or component of something
3. noun

   street name for lysergic acid diethylamide