Synonyms of the word

transom

• n. A crosspiece over a door; a lintel.
• n. A horizontal dividing bar in a window.
• n. A transom window.
• n. (nautical) Any of several transverse structural members in a ship, especially at the stern; a thwart.
• n. (nautical) The flat or nearly flat stern of a boat or ship.
• n. The horizontal beam on a cross or gallows.
• n. (figuratively, usually attributively) Items that have arrived over the transom.

crosspiece

• n. A horizontal or transverse beam or similar member that extends across or perpendicular to something.
• n. (nautical) A bar or timber connecting two knightheads or two bitts.

fanlight

• n. a semicircular or semioval window over a door or other window, normally having a fan-like structure of…

traverse

• n. (climbing) A route used in mountaineering, specifically rock climbing, in which the descent occurs by…
• n. (surveying) A series of points, with angles and distances measured between, traveled around a subject,…
• n. (obsolete) A screen or partition.
• n. Something that thwarts or obstructs.
• n. (architecture) A gallery or loft of communication from side to side of a church or other large building.
• n. (law) A formal denial of some matter of fact alleged by the opposite party in any stage of the pleadings…
• n. (nautical) The zigzag course or courses made by a ship in passing from one place to another; a compound…
• n. (geometry) A line lying across a figure or other lines; a transversal.
• n. (military) In trench warfare, a defensive trench built to prevent enfilade.
• v. (transitive) To travel across, often under difficult conditions.
• v. (transitive, computing) To visit all parts of; to explore thoroughly.
• v. To lay in a cross direction; to cross.
• v. (artillery) To rotate a gun around a vertical axis to bear upon a military target.
• v. (climbing), To climb or descend a steep hill at a wide angle (relative to the slope).
• v. (engineering), (skiing) To (make a cutting, an incline) across the gradients of a sloped face at safe…
• v. To cross by way of opposition; to thwart with obstacles; to obstruct.
• v. To pass over and view; to survey carefully.
• v. (carpentry) To plane in a direction across the grain of the wood.
• v. (law) To deny formally.
• adv. athwart; across; crosswise.
• adj. Lying across; being in a direction across something else.

window

• n. An opening, usually covered by one or more panes of clear glass, to allow light and air from outside to…
• n. An opening, usually covered by glass, in a shop which allows people to view the shop and its products…
• n. (architecture) The shutter, casement, sash with its fittings, or other framework, which closes a window…
• n. A period of time when something is available.
• n. (graphical user interface) A rectangular area on a computer terminal or screen containing some kind of…
• n. A figure formed of lines crossing each other.
• n. (medicine) The time between first infection and detectability.
• v. (transitive) To furnish with windows.
• v. (transitive) To place at or in a window.