Velux

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English

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Etymology

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From a trademark.

Noun

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Velux (plural Veluxes)

  1. A skylight or roof window, especially one manufactured by the VELUX company.
    • 2007, Country Life, volume 201, numbers 1-4, page 48:
      On the north side, he raised and classicised the stair tower window and replaced veluxes in the low-sweeping roof with a pair of piended (hipped) dormers.
    • 2015, Chloe Rayban, Lost and Found, page 178:
      With proper insulation and a few veluxes I could make more rooms up here — more money-earning 'chambres d'hotes'.
    • 2017, Annemarie Neary, Siren, page 223:
      There are two large Veluxes in the steeply pitched roof, and a battery of windows is set high into the bare white walls.
    • 2018, R. S. Holt, Modern Magic: Stories of the Overbury Shops:
      The loft was broad and high, with splendid rough-cut oak purlins and three large Veluxes. It contained junk, I thought at first, but then I was surprised to make out that this included Victorian and even Georgian furniture []

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