window shade

1. 1.

   an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window

   Broaderwindow blind

   Narrowerroller blind

Questions about window shade

What does window shade mean?

window shade means "an opaque window blind that can cover or uncover a window".

Is window shade a common word?

window shade is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.