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Sill
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Sill  (sl), Mount
A peak, 4,316.7 m (14,153 ft) high, in the Sierra Nevada range of east-central California.

sill  (sl)
n.
1. The horizontal member that bears the upright portion of a frame, especially the horizontal member that forms the base of a window.
2. Geology An approximately horizontal sheet of igneous rock intruded between older rock beds.

[Middle English sille, from Old English syll, threshold.]

sill [sɪl]
n
1. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a shelf at the bottom of a window inside a room
2. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a horizontal piece along the outside lower member of a window, that throws water clear of the wall below
3. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) the lower horizontal member of a window or door frame
4. (Fine Arts & Visual Arts / Architecture) a continuous horizontal member placed on top of a foundation wall in order to carry a timber framework
5. (Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a flat usually horizontal mass of igneous rock, situated between two layers of older sedimentary rock, that was formed by an intrusion of magma
[Old English syll; related to Old Norse svill sill, Icelandic svoli tree trunk, Old High German swella sill, Latin solum ground]

sill  (sl)
A sheet of igneous rock intruded between layers of older rock. See illustration at batholith.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.Sillsill - structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
doorsill, doorstep, threshold - the sill of a door; a horizontal piece of wood or stone that forms the bottom of a doorway and offers support when passing through a doorway
structural member - support that is a constituent part of any structure or building
windowsill - the sill of a window; the horizontal member at the bottom of the window frame
2.sill - (geology) a flat (usually horizontal) mass of igneous rock between two layers of older sedimentary rock
geology - a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks
rock, stone - a lump or mass of hard consolidated mineral matter; "he threw a rock at me"
Translations
sill [sɪl] N
1. (= windowsill) → alféizar m
2. (Aut) → umbral m

sill [ˈsɪl] n
[window] → rebord m (de la fenêtre)
[door] → seuil m
[car] → bas m de marche

sill
nSims m or nt; (= windowsill)(Fenster)sims m or nt; (esp of wood) → Fensterbrett nt; (= doorsill)Schwelle f (on car) → Türleiste f

sill [sɪl] n
a. (also windowsill) → davanzale m
b. (Aut) → predellino
c. (Geol) (of corrie) → soglia

sill [sɪl] n
a. (also windowsill) → davanzale m
b. (Aut) → predellino
c. (Geol) (of corrie) → soglia

sill
n sill [sil]
a ledge of wood, stone etc at the foot of an opening, such as a window or a door The windows of the old house were loose, and the sills were crumbling. drumpel, bank عَتَبَه، أُسْكُفَّه праг parapet karm die Türschw elle, das Fensterbrett περβάζι alféizar, umbral aknalaud, lävi پايه ikkunalauta, kynnys rebord אֶדֶן חַלוֹן देहली, दहलीज prag, daska prozora ablakpárkány kusen (glugga)sylla; þröskuldur davanzale; soglia しきい 문지방 palangė palodze ambang tingkap drempel, vensterbank svill; vinduskarm; dørterskel parapet, próg peitoril pervaz подоконник; порог parapet, prah prag, (okenska) polica sims fönsterbräde, syll, grundstock ธรณีประตูหรือหน้าต่าง eşik 窗臺; 門檻 поріг; підвіконня سل، سلی ، پتھر ngưỡng cửa ;


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They pushed themselves graphically, followed every lead, collected every book and leaflet, drank, sang and giggled hard, their studio always open, littered with red wine bottles on the window cills and white wine in the several refrigerators.
With windows flush to vertical internal wall, the Pietra di Lecce folds in from the facade to wrap reveals, lintels and cills, so augmenting the perception of building mass.
If you include symmetrical bays to east and west, and projecting cills (for sculpture) north and south, the plan is a perfect square.
 
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