sill
see also: Sill
Pronunciation Noun
Sill
Proper noun
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see also: Sill
Pronunciation Noun
sill (plural sills)
- (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.
- (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. Also called a ground plate, groundsill, sole, sole-plate, mudsill. An interrupted sill fits between posts instead of being below and supporting the posts in timber framing.
- (geology) A horizontal layer of igneous rock between older rock beds.
- 1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119 ↗
- Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses; […]
- 1980, U.S. Government Printing Office, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119 ↗
- A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
- (anatomy) A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
- the nasal sill
- (military, historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.
- French: rebord
- German: Fensterbank, Sims
- Italian: davanzale
- Portuguese: parapeito
- Russian: подоко́нник
- Spanish: alféizar, antepecho, parapeto
- German: Lagergang, Sill
- Russian: силл
- Spanish: lámina
sill (plural sills)
- (UK) A young herring.
sill (plural sills)
Sill
Proper noun
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