Meaning & use
transom
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A horizontal beam or bar above a door or window, or the small window set above such a beam.
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Light from the hallway filtered through the transom above the office door.
The old house still had its original transom windows over each doorway.
A note on using this word
In boatbuilding, 'transom' also names the flat surface across a boat's stern; context tells you which meaning applies.
Words with a similar meaning
crossbeam
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Another way to use it
2. noun
The flat, often vertical surface across the stern of a boat.
The boat's name was painted across the transom.
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