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rear win·dow

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. rear windownoun

    car window that allows vision out of the back of the car

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  1. rear windownoun

    The window at the back of a car.

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  1. Rear Window

    Rear Window is a 1954 American mystery thriller film directed by Alfred Hitchcock and written by John Michael Hayes based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder." Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter, and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. Rear Window is considered by many filmgoers, critics, and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best and one of the greatest films ever made. It received four Academy Award nominations and was ranked number 42 on AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies list and number 48 on the 10th-anniversary edition, and in 1997 was added to the United States National Film Registry in the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant."

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  1. rear window

    A rear window is a piece of glass or similar transparent material found at the back of vehicles such as cars, buses, and vans, designed for the driver to see what's behind the vehicle. It can also refer to the back window in buildings and houses. The term is also known for its use as a title of a popular Alfred Hitchcock film released in 1954.

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  1. Rear Window

    Rear Window is a 1954 American suspense film directed by Alfred Hitchcock, written by John Michael Hayes and based on Cornell Woolrich's 1942 short story "It Had to Be Murder". Originally released by Paramount Pictures, the film stars James Stewart, Grace Kelly, Wendell Corey, Thelma Ritter and Raymond Burr. It was screened at the 1954 Venice Film Festival. The film is considered by many filmgoers, critics and scholars to be one of Hitchcock's best. The film received four Academy Award nominations and was ranked #42 on AFI's 100 Years…100 Movies list and #48 on the 10th-anniversary edition. In 1997, Rear Window was added to the United States National Film Registry.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of rear window in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of rear window in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of rear window in a Sentence

  1. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

    I know that the congresswoman is making claims that they were peacefully marching when we intersected and intentionally hit peaceful protesters. [That is] not the case, they [surrounded] the vehicle, they began to pelt the vehicle –­not just one of our police cruisers but two of them –­and in one instance the rear window of one of our SUVs was broken out. And, the information I got from the officer in that vehicle was that he thought he wasbeing shot at.

  2. Detroit Police Chief James Craig:

    They [surrounded] the vehicle, they began to pelt the vehicle –­not just one of our police cruisers but two of them –­and in one instance the rear window of one of our SUVs was broken out. And, the information I got from the officer in that vehicle was that he thought he wasbeing shot at.

  3. Paul Fussell:

    Americans are the only people in the world known to me whose status anxiety prompts them to advertise their college and university affiliations in the rear window of their automobiles.


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