Sill

//sɪl//

Synonyms for "sill" (51 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (11)

base basement basis beam bearing wall bed bedding bedrock doorsill doorstone floor

Strong matches (15)

flooring fond footing foundation fundament fundamental ground grounds groundsel groundwork hardpan jamb ledge lintel mudsill

Related words (25)

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

rock stone structural member

Related terms

2 entries

lintel plate sense #13

coordinate

5 entries

ground plate groundsill mudsill sole sole plate

derived

7 entries

cross-sill doorsill groundsill mudsill silled trip sill windowsill

etymologically related_to

2 entries

sile thill

has context

7 entries

anatomy architecture construction geology historical military uk

is a

5 entries

land topographical feature natural thing river rock structural member

related to

19 entries

aperture base carriage earth fast embrasure foundation groundsill herring lintel mudsill nasal piling plate shaft skull slat

Showing 16 of 19 words.

Translations

67 translations across 27 languages.

Bashkir

1 entries

тәҙрә төбө noun (base of a window)

Bulgarian

2 entries

перва́з noun (base of a window)
праг noun (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock)

Catalan

2 entries

ampit noun (base of a window)
llindar noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)

Czech

1 entries

parapet noun (base of a window)

Dutch

1 entries

vensterbank noun (base of a window)

Finnish

4 entries

ikkunalauta noun (base of a window)
kerrosjuoni noun (layer of igneous rock)
kynnys noun (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock)
palkki noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)

French

2 entries

linteau noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
rebord noun (base of a window)

Galician

4 entries

lintel noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
peitoril noun (base of a window)
piar noun (base of a window)
soleira noun (base of a window)

German

4 entries

Bodenstufe noun (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock)
Brüstung noun (base of a window)
Drempel noun (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock)
Fachwerkschwelle noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)

Greek

3 entries

κατώφλι noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
περβάζι noun (base of a window)
στρωματοειδής φλέβα noun (layer of igneous rock)

Hungarian

2 entries

párkány noun (base of a window)
teleptelér noun (layer of igneous rock)

Irish

2 entries

tairseach noun (base of a window)
urlár noun (layer of igneous rock)

Italian

2 entries

davanzale noun (base of a window)
soletta noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)

Latin

1 entries

sillus noun (layer of igneous rock)

Latvian

1 entries

palodze noun (base of a window)

Lithuanian

1 entries

palangė noun (base of a window)

Macedonian

2 entries

пе́рваз noun (base of a window)
симс noun (base of a window)

Marathi

1 entries

तळसरी noun (base of a window)

Māori

2 entries

paepae noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
pehipehi noun (base of a window)

Norwegian

1 entries

vinduskarm noun (base of a window)

Polish

4 entries

parapet noun (base of a window)
podokiennik noun (base of a window)
podwalina noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
sill noun (layer of igneous rock)

Portuguese

2 entries

lintel noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
parapeito noun (base of a window)

Romanian

1 entries

pervaz noun (base of a window)

Russian

3 entries

ле́жень noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
подоко́нник noun (base of a window)
силл noun (layer of igneous rock)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries

sòla noun (base of a window)

Spanish

4 entries

alféizar noun (base of a window)
antepecho noun (base of a window)
dintel noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)
lámina noun (layer of igneous rock)

Swahili

2 entries

bado noun (base of a window)
bado noun (horizontal member bearing the upright portion of a frame)

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

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Some birds alighted on the window sill.

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A large bird landed on the window sill.

Source: tatoeba (681325)

The threshold of a door is akin to the sill of a window, but it is exactly the same as the sill of a door.

Source: tatoeba (1415701)

Tom sat on the window sill.

Source: tatoeba (4013300)

Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

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