sill
sill
Definition
sill (sil)
noun
- a heavy, horizontal timber or line of masonry supporting a house wall, etc.
- a horizontal piece forming the bottom frame of the opening into which a window or door is set
- Geol. a flattened piece of igneous rock forced between beds of stratified rocks
Etymology: ME sille < OE syll, akin to Dan sville, Ger schwelle < IE base *sel-, *swel-, beam, plank > Gr selma, beam
sill
Synonyms
sill
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- tile: Window to the side aspect with deep tiled sill.
- replace: The best place to start is to replace the sills.
- repair: The next job was to replace the outer sills and repair the inner sills.
Adjective modifier
- sloping: High up in the northern part of the wall a splayed window with sloping sill.
- inner: As the repair panels for the inner sill come in two halves I decided to do the front half first.
- outer: The offside outer sill is a prime example of an incorrect repair.
- shallow: Outside the river is a shallow sill, which comes to 4.1 meters of the surface.
- sunny: In the kitchen: place an herb garden on the sunny sill over your sink.
- concrete: The concrete sills will then be cast with the gates in-situ to ensure a good seal.
Modifies a noun
- plate: The sill boxing plates are ok with just some surface rust which I have cleaned up.
- height: This has a load sill height of just over 60cm.
- tube: You should then aim to recreate the shapes of the tube ends to allow a good fit against the new sill tube.
- band: Sill bands, eaves cornice, and narrow front parapet.
- level: Its concrete roof is set below the sill level of the north aisle's west window.
Noun used with modifier
- dolerite: The alkali olivine dolerite sill at King's Cross Point.
- whin: These are " proper " routes on splendid whin sill.
- window: The window sills of the cook house are still there in the wall across the lane, left.
- slate: Guest Suite Bedroom 2 ( S ) built in cupboard housing oil fired hot water cylinder, slate window sill.
- stone: Separate tiled shower cubicle, stone sill double glazed, built-in airing cupboard.
- brick: Various casement and sash windows and decorative brick sill courses.
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