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sill
1. n. (architecture) (also window sill) A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill.
2. n. (construction) A horizontal, structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings or lying on the ground in earth-fast construction and bearing the upright portion of a frame.
3. n. (geology) A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
4. n. A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
5. n. (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
the nasal sill
6. n. (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
7. n. (UK) A young herring.
8. n. The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Pronunciation

Example Sentences

There are bouquets of flowers in arrangement around the casket, on the floor and on the window sill.  They jump out of bed, scream, shout for parents, dash to window, crouch down below sill and peer out.  Four fifths of her body were below the window sill level.  Just like those little statuettes you buy in the card shops, the ones you put on your window sill.

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