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Meanings of window ledge in English

A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.

Synonyms
Examples for "sill"
Examples for "sill"
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
1
He sat on the window sill in the biting cold and listened.
The Street of Seven Stars
2
Jumping over the window sill, the visitor found himself in this room.
Brave and Bold; Or, The Fortunes of Robert Rushton
3
He set his model on the window sill to dry and harden.
Salem’s Lot
4
He scaled the trellis and rested a hand on the window sill.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
5
He got one foot on the window sill clear of the board.
Andy the Acrobat / Or, Out with the Greatest Show on Earth
Usage of window ledge in English
1
A second later, she was raising her hands to the window ledge.
The Ghost Next Door
2
He flew across the gap and struck just below the window ledge.
Map of bones
3
Elephants and Buddhas huddle on the bookcase and along the window ledge.
Blackbird
4
Zidani stood and leaned back against the window ledge, behind the desk.
The frailty of flesh
5
Crouched on every window ledge and cornice were hundreds of vile creatures.
The Angel Stone
6
The cat was on the window ledge, gazing intently into the garden.
The thirteenth tale: a novel
7
She panted as she grasped another window ledge and hoisted herself up.
Throne of Glass
8
Jesse sat on the window ledge with no expectations of a breeze.
Agent 6
9
Usually I leaned against the window ledge or sat on the bed.
Anthropology of an american girl: a novel
10
Gretchen stroked Wobbles, who sat on the window ledge next to her.
Dolly departed
11
Right foot rainbarrel, left foot window ledge, left hand iron drainpipe.
The Wise Man’s Fear
12
Water until completely soaked and leave in greenhouse or on a window ledge.
The Irish Times
13
Fitzgerald took it up, and bridged between the box and the window ledge.
A Splendid Hazard
14
What was left of the window ledge was fifteen feet above the ground.
Blood harvest
15
Something white and feathery fell slowly down and rested on the window ledge.
Cinderella; Or, The Little Glass Slipper, and Other Stories
16
Spencer gripped the window ledge and levered himself into the opening.
Dark rivers of the heart