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sill
1[sil]
noun
a horizontal timber, block, or the like serving as a foundation of a wall, house, etc.
the horizontal piece or member beneath a window, door, or other opening.
Geology.a tabular body of intrusive igneous rock, ordinarily between beds of sedimentary rocks or layers of volcanic ejecta.
Sill
2[sil]
noun
Mount, a mountain in E central California, in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. 14,153 feet (4,314 meters).
sill
/ ɪ /
noun
a shelf at the bottom of a window inside a room
a horizontal piece along the outside lower member of a window, that throws water clear of the wall below
the lower horizontal member of a window or door frame
a continuous horizontal member placed on top of a foundation wall in order to carry a timber framework
a flat usually horizontal mass of igneous rock, situated between two layers of older sedimentary rock, that was formed by an intrusion of magma
sill
A sheet of igneous rock intruded between layers of older rock.
See illustration at batholith
Other 51Թ Forms
- sill-like adjective
- undersill noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sill1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of sill1
Example Sentences
First, though, she needed to crawl out a narrow ladies’ room window and stand up on the sill.
This rigid material must be custom cut and fit tight between the floor joists, subfloor and sill plate.
Exterior and interior halves drape over a sill to leave the window mostly unobscured.
The hearing was told Sir Bobby had lost his balance as he stood up from his chair, striking a window sill and "possibly a radiator".
But this is the first time sill construction has been used in consecutive years.
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