Sill

Definition:

  • (n.) The basis or foundation of a thing; especially, a horizontal piece, as a timber, which forms the lower member of a frame, or supports a structure; as, the sills of a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like.
  • (n.) The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
  • (n.) The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
  • (n.) The floor of a gallery or passage in a mine.
  • (n.) A piece of timber across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
  • (n.) The shaft or thill of a carriage.
  • (n.) A young herring.

Compare sill with other words:

head vs. sill

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sill vs. sull

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pill vs. sill

gill vs. sill

dill vs. sill

sill vs. silt

shill vs. sill

rill vs. sill

silk vs. sill

ill vs. sill

sill vs. silo

hill vs. sill

sill vs. till

sill vs. will

bill vs. sill

sill vs. still

sell vs. sill

sill vs. silly

mill vs. sill

kill vs. sill

sill vs. skill

parapet vs. sill

fill vs. sill

childish vs. sill

cornice vs. sill

mobile vs. sill

ledge vs. sill

sill vs. stool

sill vs. stay

shelf vs. sill

cill vs. sill

jamb vs. sill

safe vs. sill

sill vs. threshold

reveal vs. sill

carriage vs. sill

sill vs. thill

shaft vs. sill

herring vs. sill

plate vs. sill

mudsill vs. sill

groundsill vs. sill

piling vs. sill

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sill vs. window

base vs. sill

sill vs. slat

lintel vs. sill

dyke vs. sill

dike vs. sill