Meaning & use
mullioned windows
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Meaning
nounplural
Windows divided into two or more tall sections by thin vertical stone or wooden bars.
Grammar: Use it for more than one window; for a single one, say 'a mullioned window'.
Patterns
- a mullioned window
- a house with mullioned windows
The old farmhouse still has its original mullioned windows.
Sunlight came through the mullioned windows and fell in stripes across the floor.
Restorers replaced the broken glass in the mullioned windows but kept the stone bars.
Word forms
| singular | mullioned window |
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Common combinations
- a house with mullioned windows
- They bought a stone house with mullioned windows near the river.
- leaded mullioned windows
- The leaded mullioned windows gave the hall a medieval look.
- restore mullioned windows
- It cost a fortune to restore the mullioned windows in the chapel.
- tall mullioned windows
- Tall mullioned windows let light into the library.
Synonyms and how they differ
- lattice windows
- These have a criss-cross pattern of strips rather than the plain vertical bars of mullioned windows.
- casement windows
- These open on hinges and say nothing about whether the glass is divided by bars.
Word family
- mullion noun
- One of the thin vertical bars that divides such a window.
- mullioned adjective
- Describing a window or building that has these bars.
Commonly confused: mullioned windows or million?
mullioned windows vs million
It sounds similar, but 'million' is a number, while 'mullioned' describes the bars in a window.
Practice
Which sentence uses the phrase correctly?
Choose one answer.
The adjective 'mullioned' goes before the plural noun 'windows'. Option 1 uses the noun 'mullion' as if it were an adjective; option 2 needs a plural or an article; option 3 mixes a singular article with a plural noun.
Make it your own
Write a sentence using “mullioned windows”, then check it and compare it with the examples above.