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Meanings of sill in English

A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

Usage of sill in English
1
I've often wondered how the animal managed to climb onto the sill.
Speaking in Bones
2
Her hand pressed the stone window-sill in terror of the awful presence.
The White Sister
3
He sat on the window sill in the biting cold and listened.
The Street of Seven Stars
4
Clara lifted the screen, and Nils swung his leg across the window-sill.
The Troll Garden, and Selected Stories
5
Jumping over the window sill, the visitor found himself in this room.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
6
The curtain felt damp and water was already pooling on the sill.
Death du Jour
7
The curtains were drawn at exactly the same height from the sill.
The Copy-Cat, and Other Stories
8
Then once more she went to the window and clasped the sill.
Lord of the World
9
In previous winters the sill had been strewn every morning with bread-crumbs.
A Christmas Garland
10
There's three more thousand of it under the house, on a sill.
Girl out back
11
He placed his knee on the window-sill, and prepared to jump in.
Try and Trust; Or, Abner Holden's Bound Boy
12
He crawled quietly up to the sill of one of the windows.
The Haunted Bookshop
13
He set his model on the window sill to dry and harden.
Salem’s Lot
14
Then she stepped up on the sill and slipped through the aperture.
The Light of the Western Stars
15
Harvey rested an elbow on the sill and looked out the window.
The Short Line War
16
He scaled the trellis and rested a hand on the window sill.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
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Sill through the time
Sill across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common