Sill - English meaning
Sill – definitions in English dictionary
nounA shelf or slab of stone, wood, or metal at the foot of a window opening or doorway.
Usage examples:
The designer suggested shortening window openings on one side of the kitchen, where sills were only…
nounA flat, horizontal piece, usually of wood, forming the base of the frame of a window
Usage examples:
She leaned on the sill and looked out through the open window.
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Word origin
Old English syll, sylle ‘horizontal beam forming a foundation’, of Germanic origin; related to German Schwelle ‘threshold’.
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