win·dow·sill

(wĭn′dō-sĭl′)

The horizontal member at the base of a window opening.

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windowsill

(ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl)

(Building) a sill below a window

Collins English Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014

win•dow•sill

(ˈwɪn doʊˌsɪl)
n.

the sill under a window.

[1695–1705]

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

windowsill - the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame

sill - structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure

window frame - the framework that supports a window

Translations

عَتَبَةُ النَافِذَة

okenní parapetparapet

vindueskarm

Fensterbank Fensterbrett

πρεβάζι

alféizar repisa

ikkunalauta

rebord de la fenêtre

prozorska daska

ablakdeszkaablakpárkánykönyöklő

davanzale

窓の下枠

창턱

vensterbank

vinduskarm

parapet okienny

parapeito da janela peitoril

подоконник

okenska polica

fönsterbräda

ขอบหน้าต่างส่วนล่าง

pencere pervazı

bậu cửa sổ

窗沿

windowsill

[ˈwɪndəʊsɪl] N → antepecho m, alféizar m de la ventana

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

windowsill

[ˈwɪndəʊsɪl] n (inside) → appui m de la fenêtre; (outside) → rebord m de la fenêtre

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

windowsill

[ˈwɪndəʊˌsɪl] n → davanzale m

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

windowsill

→ عَتَبَةُ النَافِذَة parapet vindueskarm Fensterbrett πρεβάζι alféizar, repisa ikkunalauta rebord de la fenêtre prozorska daska davanzale 窓の下枠 창턱 vensterbank vinduskarm parapet okienny parapeito da janela, peitoril подоконник fönsterbräda ขอบหน้าต่างส่วนล่าง pencere pervazı bậu cửa sổ 窗沿

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References in classic literature

When on the top of this I am able to show that the blood mark on the windowsill was deliberately placed there by Barker, in order to give a false clue to the police, you will admit that the case grows dark against him.

The mark was put by Barker's bloodstained slipper upon the windowsill to suggest how the fugitive got away.

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He sat motionless on the windowsill, his head cocked to the side, with one unwavering eye regarding on the floor, so perilously near, the eternal enemy of all his kind.

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Seated on a chair against the window, with her arm on the windowsill she was looking blankly at the flowing river, swift with the backward-rushing tide, struggling to see still the sweet face in its unreproaching sadness, that seemed now from moment to moment to sink away and be hidden behind a form that thrust itself between, and made darkness.

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The cloth of the little table lay dragged and trampled, and a length of cord, like that found on the corpse, was cast wildly across the windowsill. Two vases were smashed on the mantelpiece and one on the carpet.

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Now you go too.' He repacked the kilta with all he meant to lose, and hove it up on to the windowsill. A thousand feet below lay a long, lazy, round-shouldered bank of mist, as yet untouched by the morning sun.

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In a moment Affery had thrown the stocking down, started up, caught hold of the windowsill with her right hand, lodged herself upon the window-seat with her right knee, and was flourishing her left hand, beating expected assailants off.

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'Now you know; and that's all I have got to say.' With which words she hurried into the house, as if to shake off the responsibility of my appearance; and left me standing at the garden-gate, looking disconsolately over the top of it towards the parlour window, where a muslin curtain partly undrawn in the middle, a large round green screen or fan fastened on to the windowsill, a small table, and a great chair, suggested to me that my aunt might be at that moment seated in awful state.

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On examination traces of blood were to be seen upon the windowsill, and several scattered drops were visible upon the wooden floor of the bedroom.

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Each of these pretty homes had a garden in front fenced with white palings and opulently stocked with hollyhocks, marigolds, touch-me-nots, prince's-feathers, and other old-fashioned flowers; while on the windowsills of the houses stood wooden boxes containing moss rose plants and terra-cotta pots in which grew a breed of geranium whose spread of intensely red blossoms accented the prevailing pink tint of the rose-clad house-front like an explosion of flame.

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Also, too much light and draughts can affect plants, so don't place them on a windowsill where the window is often opened.

HOW TO KEEP YOUR PLANTS PERFECT

The woman - Amy - left some diffusers on a windowsill, but upon her return she found the reeds burnt and blackened.

Alert over diffusers fire risk; NEWS WIRE