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sill

UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/

Translations

sillnoun
sills
pl
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
appui de fenêtreArchitecture.
She placed the flower pot on the window sill to catch the sunlight.
Elle a placé le pot de fleurs sur l'appui de fenêtre pour capter la lumière du soleil.
filon-coucheGéologie.
Geologists identified a dolerite sill running parallel to the sandstone beds.
Les géologues ont identifié un filon-couche de dolérite parallèle aux couches de grès.
seuilConstruction.
The carpenter replaced the rotten sill to ensure the door would close properly.
Le menuisier a remplacé le seuil pourri afin que la porte se ferme correctement.
Additional translations
seuilOcéanographie.
Synonyms
windowsill
border
rim
threshold
ledge
sillverb
silled
Past Simple
silled
Past Participle
silling
Gerund
Rare, but attested: ‘to furnish with or build a sill’.
Additional translations
munir d'un seuilRare, en construction.
Synonyms
frame
place
mount
set
install
equip
fit out
fit
furnish with a sill
silladjective
UK
/sɪl/
US
/sɪl/
Used attributively (e.g., "sill plate") to describe something related to or situated at a sill.
Additional translations
de seuilTechnique, surtout en architecture.

Definitions

sillnoun
A horizontal piece that forms the base of a window.
She placed the flower pot on the window sill to catch the sunlight.
A horizontal structural member at the bottom of a door or window frame.
The carpenter replaced the rotten sill to ensure the door would close properly.
A shelf or slab of stone, wood, or metal at the foot of a window or doorway.
The cat often sits on the sill, watching the birds outside.
A tabular sheet of igneous rock intruded between older layers of rock.
Geologists identified a dolerite sill running parallel to the sandstone beds.
A submerged ridge of the seabed that restricts water flow between basins or channels.
The sill in the strait limits deep-water exchange between the two seas.
sillverb
To provide with or build a sill; to set on a sill.
The workers carefully silled the new window opening to ensure a level base.
silladjective
Situated at, relating to, or forming a sill (used before another noun).
The carpenters installed the sill plate before raising the wall studs.
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