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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