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sill en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • sĭl
  • /sɪl/

Etymology

From Middle English sille, selle, sülle, from Old English syll, syl (“sill, threshold, foundation, base, basis”), from Proto-Germanic *sulī (“bar, sill”), from Proto-Indo-European *sel-, *swel- (“beam, board, frame, threshold”). Cognate with Scots sil, sill (“balk, beam, floor, sill”), Dutch zulle (“sill”), Low German Sull, Sülle (“threshold, ramp, sill”), German Süll, Sülle (“threshold, sill”), Danish syld (“base of a framework building”), Swedish syll (“joist, cross-tie”), Norwegian syll, Icelandic syll, sylla (“sill”). Related also to German Schwelle ( > Danish svelle), Old Norse svill, Latin silva (“wood, forest”), Ancient Greek ὕλη (húlē).

Meanings

  1. (qualifier:also "window sill") A breast wall; window breast; horizontal brink which forms the base of a window.
    • She looked out the window resting her elbows on the window sill.
  2. A threshold; horizontal structural member of a building near ground level on a foundation or pilings, or lying on the ground, and bearing the upright portion of a frame; a sill plate.
  3. A stratum of rock, especially an intrusive layer of igneous rock lying parallel to surrounding strata.
    • Minor palingenetic magmas probably were generated at this time and intruded the mantling rocks in the form of small sills and apophyses […]. 1980, Geological Survey Professional Paper, Volume 1119, U.S. Government Printing Office:
    • The molten rock in the sills may have ignited vast reserves of shallowly buried natural gas, much like a match applied to a gas barbecue. 2018, Tim Flannery, Europe: The First 100 Million Years, Penguin, published 2019, page 55::
  4. A threshold or brink across the bottom of a canal lock for the gates to shut against.
  5. A raised area at the base of the nasal aperture in the skull.
    • the nasal sill
  6. (historical) The inner edge of the bottom of an embrasure.

Forms

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sills Number=Plur lexicographic
cill alternative lexicographic

Coordinates

ground plate · sole plate · groundsill · sole · mudsill

Deriveds

trip sill · portsill · mudsill · undersill · cross-sill · doorsill · sillcock · windowsill · groundsel · skysill · sillock · groundsill · lugsill · silled

Relateds

lintel · plate sense #13

Translations (49)

de Brüstung (base of a window) · ga urlár (layer of igneous rock) · sw bado (base of a window) · nl vensterbank (base of a window) · lv palodze (base of a window) · de Bodenstufe (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock) · fr rebord (base of a window) · fi kerrosjuoni (layer of igneous rock) · fi kynnys (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock) · mi pehipehi (base of a window) · gl piar (base of a window) · de Fensterbrett (base of a window) · ca ampit (base of a window) · hu teleptelér (layer of igneous rock) · bg перва́з (base of a window) · de Drempel (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock) · de Fensterbank (base of a window) · bg праг (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock) · sk parapet (base of a window) · gd sòla (base of a window) · el στρωματοειδής φλέβα (layer of igneous rock) · ro pervaz (base of a window) · es lámina (layer of igneous rock) · pl podokiennik (base of a window) · lt palangė (base of a window) · mk симс (base of a window) · mk пе́рваз (base of a window) · it davanzale (base of a window) · gl peitoril (base of a window) · pl parapet (base of a window) · gl soleira (base of a window) · la sillus (layer of igneous rock) · ba тәҙрә төбө (base of a window) · hu párkány (base of a window) · de Sill (layer of igneous rock) · ru силл (layer of igneous rock) · fi ikkunalauta (base of a window) · de Sims (base of a window) · ru подоко́нник (base of a window) · el περβάζι (base of a window) · de Lagergang (layer of igneous rock) · de Fensterbrüstung (base of a window) · no vinduskarm (base of a window) · pt parapeito (base of a window) · fi pohjakynnys (threshold or brink across the bottom of the upper canal lock) · mr तळसरी (base of a window) · pl sill (layer of igneous rock) · ga tairseach (base of a window) · cs parapet (base of a window)

sill en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • sĭl
  • /sɪl/

Etymology

Compare sile.

Meanings

  1. (UK) A young herring.

Forms

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sills Number=Plur lexicographic
cill alternative lexicographic

sill en · NOUN · etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • sĭl
  • /sɪl/

Etymology

Compare thill.

Meanings

  1. The shaft or thill of a carriage.

Forms

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cill alternative lexicographic
sills Number=Plur lexicographic

sill en · ADJ · etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • (Southern-England) audio
  • sĭl
  • /sɪl/

Etymology

Short for silly.

Meanings

  1. (rare, slang) Silly.

Forms

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more sill Degree=Cmp lexicographic
cill alternative lexicographic
most sill Degree=Sup lexicographic