SILL
\sˈɪl], \sˈɪl], \s_ˈɪ_l]\
Definitions of SILL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
By Princeton University
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structural member consisting of a continuous horizontal timber forming the lowest member of a framework or supporting structure
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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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.
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The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
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The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
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The shaft or thill of a carriage.
By Oddity Software
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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.
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The timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold.
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The timber or stone on which a window frame stands; or, the lowest piece in a window frame.
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The shaft or thill of a carriage.
By Noah Webster.
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A horizontal piece forming the foundation, or part of the foundation, of a structure; hence, a threshold; the bottom or lowest piece in a window frame.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [Anglo Saxon, Gothic] The basis or foundation of a thing; a piece of timber on which anything rests; the lowest part of a structure, as a house, of a bridge, of a loom, and the like; hence, the timber or stone at the foot of a door; the threshold;-the timber or stone on which a window- frame stands.
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