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Meanings of
sill
in inglês
A horizontal slat which forms the base of a window.
ledge-sill
window ledge
window sill
Sinônimos
Examples for "
ledge-sill
"
ledge-sill
window ledge
window sill
Examples for "
ledge-sill
"
1
A second later, she was raising her hands to the
window
ledge
.
2
He flew across the gap and struck just below the
window
ledge
.
3
Elephants and Buddhas huddle on the bookcase and along the
window
ledge
.
4
Zidani stood and leaned back against the
window
ledge
,
behind the desk.
5
Crouched on every
window
ledge
and cornice were hundreds of vile creatures.
1
He sat on the
window
sill
in the biting cold and listened.
2
Jumping over the
window
sill
,
the visitor found himself in this room.
3
He set his model on the
window
sill
to dry and harden.
4
He scaled the trellis and rested a hand on the
window
sill
.
5
He got one foot on the
window
sill
clear of the board.
Usage of
sill
in inglês
1
I've often wondered how the animal managed to climb onto the
sill
.
2
Her hand pressed the stone
window
-
sill
in terror of the awful presence.
3
He sat on the window
sill
in the biting cold and listened.
4
Clara lifted the screen, and Nils swung his leg across the
window
-
sill
.
5
Jumping over the window
sill
,
the visitor found himself in this room.
6
The curtain felt damp and water was already pooling on the
sill
.
7
The curtains were drawn at exactly the same height from the
sill
.
8
Then once more she went to the window and clasped the
sill
.
9
In previous winters the
sill
had been strewn every morning with bread-crumbs.
10
There's three more thousand of it under the house, on a
sill
.
11
He placed his knee on the
window
-
sill
,
and prepared to jump in.
12
He crawled quietly up to the
sill
of one of the windows.
13
He set his model on the window
sill
to dry and harden.
14
Then she stepped up on the
sill
and slipped through the aperture.
15
Harvey rested an elbow on the
sill
and looked out the window.
16
He scaled the trellis and rested a hand on the window
sill
.
Other examples for "sill"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
sill
Adjective
Adverb
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
broad sill
low sill
wide sill
grip the sill
narrow sill
More collocations
Sill
through the time
Sill
across language varieties
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common